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hark back
verb
- intr, adverb to return to an earlier subject, point, or position, as in speech or thought
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]Example Sentences
When built, it was intended as a "hark back to the history of bathing machines in Margate", which were used frequently in the town during Victorian times.
Sienkiewicz said he enjoys the 鈥済runge鈥 technology in the story, which harks back to something familiar.
The two properties, both built in 1735, hark back to a time when the area was very different.
Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis has an intuitive understanding of film language that harks back to the silent greats like Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford.
Kendrick - and his beef with Drake - also hark back to the origins of hip-hop in another way.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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