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.

Examples of look back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rather, his team battened down the hatches, closed the first half on a 7-0 run,and never looked back en route to a 57-48 victory over West Memphis in the 5A-East Conference opener for each team. —Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026

Here’s a look back at how the teams forced an unexpected playoff game against each other in late 1941. —Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026

Take a look back at its origins, past musical acts and scenes at silent disco through this photo gallery. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026

The process of excavating and looking back and sifting through the wreckage of everything that happened in order to write this album has been my healing. —Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for look back

• aback
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• attack
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• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
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