think back

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

Rice thought back to his youth at Joseph Osgood Elementary School. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

When the Happy Days cast thinks back on their time making the beloved sitcom, what might the first thing that comes to mind? — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026

For inspiration for his new horror movie, Nicolas Curcio thought back to the media of his childhood. — William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

But her main way of processing what happened back then is to simply think back and reflect. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for think back

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