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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So much of the band’s farewell show was, of course, about looking back.
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John Lonsdale, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Sethi isn’t the first investor to look back with regret.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced us all to work from home, my agency made a decisive choice not to look back.
—Chintan Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Here's a look back Robert Redford's life in photos.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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John Lonsdale, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Sethi isn’t the first investor to look back with regret.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced us all to work from home, my agency made a decisive choice not to look back.
—Chintan Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Here's a look back Robert Redford's life in photos.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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