look back
phrasal verb
looked back; looking back; looks back
: to think about something in the past
Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.
I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.
How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.
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The story follows Winston Smith, a skillful worker rewriting history in the Ministry of Truth, who starts to look back fondly on the days before the Party took over the region of Oceania and implemented their cult of personality devoid of free thought and individuality.
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Robert English, EW.com, 30 July 2025
In the photo, the tween could be seen lounging in an inner tube, looking back at her dad with both thumbs up.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 30 July 2025
Now, looking back to the first decade of the 21st century, the audacity of marshalling the security measures needed to safeguard the passage of $1 million in cash from the bank that supplied it to the second floor of the Texas Capitol appears almost quaint by contemporary Patrick standards.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 29, according to the Tribune’s archives.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Robert English, EW.com, 30 July 2025
In the photo, the tween could be seen lounging in an inner tube, looking back at her dad with both thumbs up.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 30 July 2025
Now, looking back to the first decade of the 21st century, the audacity of marshalling the security measures needed to safeguard the passage of $1 million in cash from the bank that supplied it to the second floor of the Texas Capitol appears almost quaint by contemporary Patrick standards.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 29, according to the Tribune’s archives.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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