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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The film increasingly becomes a story about love as Mariano thinks back on his first encounters with Aurora decades earlier in the rural environs outside Naples.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Let’s think back to the Covid pandemic, where suddenly the way retailers did business was totally different.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As Tarik Skubal and Hunter Brown traded zeroes, as fans gripped their seats on every pitch and cheered on every play, Vest thought back to his younger days in instructional league.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Hawley thought back to the turn of the century when companies Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse all battled for dominion over electricity.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Let’s think back to the Covid pandemic, where suddenly the way retailers did business was totally different.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As Tarik Skubal and Hunter Brown traded zeroes, as fans gripped their seats on every pitch and cheered on every play, Vest thought back to his younger days in instructional league.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Hawley thought back to the turn of the century when companies Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse all battled for dominion over electricity.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Think back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20back. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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