look back

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, back.

   • Don't look back in anger, I heard you say
2. 2

   To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).

   • Near-synonyms: recollect, recall, remember
   • When I look back at my summer holidays as a child, I smile.
   • I can't tell you what you're feelin' inside / And I can't sell you what you don't want to buy / Something's missing, you got to look back on your life / You know something here just ain't right
3. 3

   To reconsider or regret.

   • You do what you have to do, and don't look back.
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   1. 4

      Alternative form of look-back.

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