look back

verb

1. to cast one's mind to the past

2. to become increasingly successful

   after his book was published, he never looked back

3. 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]

Related Words

• commemorate 
• get 
• learn 
• recall 
• recognize 
• relive 
• remind