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?

Examples of think back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gordon-Levitt has been thinking back to that time, too. —David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025

For even more context, think back to 2023, when former Washington coach Ron Rivera fired defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio following a dreadful Thanksgiving Day loss to the Cowboys. —Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025

For instance, think back to when everyone was doing spoofs about titles that dealt with women in trains or in windows or in peril. —Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

This week, Caedan smiled thinking back on his grandmother, then again as his mind drifted to the single mother and two children her legacy now touches. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for think back

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