look back
phrasal verb
looked back; looking back; looks back
: to think about something in the past
Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.
I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.
How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.
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The team’s defense is playing some of the best in the NFL at the moment and quarterback Justin Herbert also looks back on top form.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
But the outcome of the election may shape the way that observers look back on Musk's campaign.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
That appetite for transcending the boundaries of time, for slowing down and looking back, seems only to be growing.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Here's a look back at that disaster and other bridge fires and collapses around Ohio.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
But the outcome of the election may shape the way that observers look back on Musk's campaign.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
That appetite for transcending the boundaries of time, for slowing down and looking back, seems only to be growing.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Here's a look back at that disaster and other bridge fires and collapses around Ohio.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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