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to hark back
[phrase form: hark]
01
to recall a past event or time
Intransitive: to hark back to a memory
Examples
During the family reunion, they often hark back to the summers spent at the beach house.
02
to go back to a place or situation
Intransitive: to hark back to an earlier stage
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
movement verb
regular
inseparable
particle
back
base verb
hark
present tense
hark back
3rd person singular
harks back
present participle
harking back
past simple
harked back
past participle
harked back
Examples
He had to hark back to the beginning of the project to fix the mistakes.
