āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
look back
/lËĘk bËak/
to look back
[phrase form: look]
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāύ, āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She looked back on her life with regret, wishing she had made different choices.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĢāϏā§āϏā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāϤā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§
to turn one's head to see what is behind or happening behind
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She looked back to make sure no one was following her.
āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻā§ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏ⧠āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientist looked back at their lab notes to double-check their experimental procedures.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āύā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
to not look back
01
to achieve rapid or exceptional success, often continuing to improve without pause
Idiom
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Once he changed careers, he did n't look back.
02
to have no desire or intention to return to past circumstances
Idiom
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to end her toxic relationship and never looked back, choosing to build a better life for herself.
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