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

InStyle looks back at 10 of Princess Diana’s 9 best hair moments in honor of the man behind some of her memorable looks. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 4 Nov. 2026

But if the test flights in Albuquerque keep going well, airline passengers could someday soon look out airport windows to see roboplanes taking to the skies, with no one looking back. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

The luck ran out immediately as the Avalanche (9-5-1) scored two goals in 26 seconds and didn’t look back. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

The Rams find the end zone late in the second quarter after a sluggish start and don’t look back, defeating the Chargers 24-9 to improve to 4-4 on the season. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for look back

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