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.
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The Yellow Jackets scored touchdowns on their first two possessions and never looked back.
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Sam Crenshaw, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Take a look back at some of the city's past Christmas seasons with our gallery.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Many Americans are looking back on 2025 with regrets about money.
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New York — Tech historians may look back on 2025 as a kind of trough in consumer robotics.
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Sam Crenshaw, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Take a look back at some of the city's past Christmas seasons with our gallery.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Many Americans are looking back on 2025 with regrets about money.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
New York — Tech historians may look back on 2025 as a kind of trough in consumer robotics.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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