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look back
verb
to cast one's mind to the past
to become increasingly successful
after his book was published, he never looked back
to pay another visit later
Idioms and Phrases
Remember or think about the past, as in When Mom looked back on the early days of their marriage, she wondered how they'd managed with so little money . [Late 1500s]
not look back ; never look back . Never show signs of interrupted progress, never return to past circumstances. For example, Once he'd won the Pulitzer Prize, he never looked back . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
"I think we'll look back on some of the decisions and get some clarity on a few," said Farrell.
When you look back at the government’s 15-year-old war on leaks, it mainly targeted employees who revealed truthful information in the public interest, including U.S.
“It’s those little moments that you look back at from years after, when the season’s over and you’re like, man, ‘what could have those conversations been?’”
And looking back at the entire ordeal years from now, I strongly suspect it will also make everything my family went through in evacuating the Middle East more than worth it.
You would have to look back a generation to find a higher total than that: 2,126 cases were reported nationwide in 1992.
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