look back
phrasal verbDefinition 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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