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

The Saturday Night Live alum looked back on his feelings about the initial cancellation of the movie’s release and weighed in on the possible benefits of the delay. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026

One good idea, at the start of the planning for the two hundred and fiftieth, was to look back at the two hundredth. —Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026

But looking back on his career, Schwarzman advised young professionals against a work habit that completely wrecked his nervous system. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for look back

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