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hark back

verb

  1. intr, adverb to return to an earlier subject, point, or position, as in speech or thought
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Return to a previous point, as in Let us hark back briefly to my first statement . This expression originally alluded to hounds retracing their course when they have lost their quarry's scent. It may be dying out. [First half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

Hark back to the Buffett Rule, another prime slice of collective madness orchestrated by the power elite.

Right-wing attacks on Planned Parenthood hark back to the days of McCarthy, says Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile.

Why do you think you decided to hark back to your high school days for this particular record?

In their videos, however, their influences hark back to a much darker place.

Again, to hark back to the other romances, we have found the word fay attached to the name of King Arthur's sister Morgan.

It seemed to me that one of the few reasons I still had for clinging to hunting was this keen, thrilling hark back to early days.

But—to hark back to the butcher and apothecary—verses are perennially made upon Pg 149Mr.

It is you who steadily hark back to the past, and to states of consciousness which were but can never be again.

You are excellently placed, and you have plenty of time to hark back, if you'll only listen to reason.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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