look back
look
lƊk
look
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/lˈʊk bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "look back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to look back
[phrase form: look]
01

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to think about or consider past events, experiences, or decisions
Intransitive: to look back on events or experiences | to look back at events or experiences
to look back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She looked back on her life with regret, wishing she had made different choices.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻĢāϏ⧋āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āύ, āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to turn one's head to see what is behind or happening behind
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She looked back to make sure no one was following her.
āϕ⧇āω āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to revisit written material for the purpose of recalling or reviewing its content
Intransitive: to look back at written material | to look back on written material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientist looked back at their lab notes to double-check their experimental procedures.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύ⧋āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
to not look back
01

to achieve rapid or exceptional success, often continuing to improve without pause

to {not} [look] back definition and meaning
Idiom
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Once he changed careers, he did n't look back.
02

to have no desire or intention to return to past circumstances

to {not} [look] back definition and meaning
Idiom
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to end her toxic relationship and never looked back, choosing to build a better life for herself.
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ