think back
phrasal verb
thought back; thinking back; thinks back
: to think about something that happened in the past
—often + to
Thinking back to my childhood, I remember summers at the beach.
Think back to that night. What were you doing?
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As the game evolved and the city hoops landscape reshaped around him, Thompson often thought back to how special and competitive that time was.
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
Taylor Hanson seems to get nostalgic when thinking back to the early days of his band Hanson—and of social media.
—Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 7 June 2024
And for reference on that last point, just think back to the trade deadline, when ownership was a catalyst in pushing to move PJ Washington to Dallas in the deal that brought back Grant Williams and Seth Curry.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
Some trace Pakistan’s embrace of conspiratorial thinking back to the Mughal emperors of the 16th and 17th centuries, whose reigns consolidated Islam in South Asia and were full of palace intrigue.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 19 May 2024
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
Taylor Hanson seems to get nostalgic when thinking back to the early days of his band Hanson—and of social media.
—Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 7 June 2024
And for reference on that last point, just think back to the trade deadline, when ownership was a catalyst in pushing to move PJ Washington to Dallas in the deal that brought back Grant Williams and Seth Curry.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
Some trace Pakistan’s embrace of conspiratorial thinking back to the Mughal emperors of the 16th and 17th centuries, whose reigns consolidated Islam in South Asia and were full of palace intrigue.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 19 May 2024
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“Think back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20back. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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