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View synonyms for hark back

hark back

verb

  1. intr, adverb to return to an earlier subject, point, or position, as in speech or thought
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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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