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.

Examples of look back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For Huang, the journey from earning a few dollars an hour as a Denny’s dishwasher to a net worth of about $157 billion, thanks to a 3% company ownership, is likely bittersweet to look back on. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026

Within Malone Souliers’ lineup, the Raquel 45 sits inside a spring 2026 collection that looks back to late-1960s and early-1970s style, using curved silhouettes, metallic finishes and feminine detailing across sandals and mules. —Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026

Suszko looks back on her initial disbelief about the treatment of the Afghans at Usnarz Górny as naïve. —Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026

Rider Strong is looking back on his initially frosty feeling toward Boy Meets World costar Matthew Lawrence. —Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for look back

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback