look back

verb

looked back; looking back; looks back
: to think about something in the past
Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.
I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.
How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.

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Try a Different Kind of Calendar Check Before your next appointment, look back over the past few weeks. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026 For Jason Aaron, writing an authentic Superman story meant looking back at the character’s inherently political origins dating back to the Thirties. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026 Healing hands King opened Oscar’s Place in 2021 and hasn’t looked back. — Brayden Garcia october 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026 Taylor Swift looked back on her earliest days crafting songs in Music City as she was inducted Monday into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member at 36. — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for look back

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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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