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look back
Verb
1. to think about the past
2. never looked back was extremely successful: he became the station's first major signing and never looked back
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Verb1.look back - look towards one's back; "don't look back while you walk"
look backward
look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
2.look back - look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride"
retrospect, review
think back, remember - recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"
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And the best time to do this, is to look back upon anger, when the fit is thoroughly over.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Even to look back at the past is horrible, for it contains sorrow that breaks my very heart at the thought of it.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
It looks as if they were victims of a conspiracy; for the books they read, ideal by the necessity of selection, and the conversation of their elders, who look back upon the past through a rosy haze of forgetfulness, prepare them for an unreal life.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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