flash back
flash
flÃĻʃ
flāsh
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/flˈaʃ bˈak/

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

to flash back
[phrase form: flash]
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•

(of movies, novels, etc.) to present a scene or sequence that depicts events in the past
to flash back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The novel effectively flashes back to the protagonist's youth, highlighting formative experiences.
āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϝ⧌āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ—āĻ āύāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻž

to suddenly and vividly remember a past event, often in a way that feels as if one is reliving it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The song playing on the radio made him flash back to his high school prom.
āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ, āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

to respond swiftly and often angrily to a comment, question, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her colleague 's criticism led her to flash back with a pointed and heated response.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻš āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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