FLASHES BACK (TO) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

flashes back (to)

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present tense third-person singular of flash back (to)

as in remembers

to bring back to mind the scent made me flash back to the days of my mother's home-cooked Sunday dinners

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Still, if Curl doesn’t make a clutch diving grab as the ball nosedived toward the grass, that’s merely an incomplete pass that no one remembers.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Thompson remembers going into the valley with his father while the dam was under construction.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026

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