look back

[look back] {v.}

To review the past; think of what has happened.

* /As John looked back, his life seemed good to him./

* /Murphy looked back on his early struggles as having made him feel especially alive./

* /When Ed applied for a job and asked the school to recommend him, the principal looked back over his records./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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