look back
Definition of look 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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Word by Word Definitions
: to make sure or take care (that something is done)
: to ascertain by the use of one's eyes
: to exercise the power of vision upon : examine
: the act of looking
: glance
: the expression of the countenance
: the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine
: the body considered as the wearer of clothes
: capacity for labor, effort, or endurance
: to, toward, or at the rear
: in or into the past : backward in time
: ago
: being at or in the back
: distant from a central or main area
: articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth
: to support by material or moral assistance
: substantiate
: to assume financial responsibility for
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