look back

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

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026

Below, Entertainment Weekly looks back at eight other unsettling encounters celebrities have had while on the job. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026

The stock reclaimed its 200-day moving average, pushed above $120, and hasn't looked back since. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Now, in a new memoir, the Emmy-winning host, 55, is looking back on reinvention. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Rhymes for look back

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