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

However, the experience Anderson, Moore and other Kings players have gained over the last two seasons in the playoffs has Robitaille thinking back to the Kings’ first Stanley Cup championship team in 2012. —Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024

When thinking back on all the characters in the Walking Dead‘s history, the collective season five series regulars are the ones who all come to mind. —Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024

When asked to name writers with these kinds of transformative agendas, many of us would think back to the nineteenth century, to Tolstoy and Dickens and Harriet Beecher Stowe. —Nathan Jeffers, Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024

And think back to that being a thing in a community. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024

Most fans are thinking back to 2020 and Super Bowl 54, where the Chiefs began their championship run, winning 31-20—the first title for Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and coach Andy Reid. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024

Then, think back on the weather over the last few days. —Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024

But thinking back to that moment, that would’ve been an appropriate time to scream. —Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024

Mayer: So Vera thought back to her work on Hodgkin lymphoma, and her knowledge of how disease spreads. —Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024