look back

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Verb

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see look, back

   When I look back at my summer holidays as a child, I smile.

   • 1996, Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

     Don't look back in anger, I heard you say.

2. (intransitive) To reconsider or regret.

   You do what you have to do, and don't look back.

Synonyms

• (reminisce) wax nostalgic; recall, remember, hark back, review, think back, recollect

Translations

• French: regarder derrière soi
• German: zurückschauen, zurückblicken, nach hinten blicken, nach hinten schauen, umdrehen (reflexive)
• Russian: огля́дываться
• Spanish: ver hacia atrás, mirar hacia atrás, volver la cabeza, volverse hacia atrás

Translations

• French: se remémorer
• German: zurückschauen, zurückblicken
• Russian: огля́дываться
• Spanish: recordar, volver la cabeza, acordarse

Noun

look back (plural look backs)

1. Alternative form of look-back

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