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

Rodriguez, now a popular baseball announcer, philanthropist and mogul, can look back on his own troubles with a sense of clarity. —Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025

Jones, after a brief stint in Minnesota with the Vikings, won the quarterback battle in Indianapolis and hasn’t looked back since. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025

Sofia Coppola was honored at the Museum of Modern Art’s 2025 Film Benefit, presented by Chanel, on Wednesday, as the filmmaker looked back at the start of her career when she was known just as Francis Ford Coppola‘s daughter. —Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025

Babko hopped on the phone with Rolling Stone to look back at their time together. —Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for look back

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