look back
Britishverb
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to cast one's mind to the past
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to become increasingly successful
after his book was published, he never looked back
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to pay another visit later
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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]
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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
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The 24-year-old said that despite wanting to achieve "so much more", her victory at Doncaster on Saturday means she will always be able to look back and think her career was "worth it".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It is easy to look back and see that stocks of the highest dividend compounders have tended to perform well.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
"I look back at my career and think how remarkable it has been. The highs, the lows, the failures, the disappointments and the successes."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
We’re bound to look back on this period as the beginning of AGI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Juanita didn’t even look back at the fence damage as she put the car in drive.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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