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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.
The vintage photograph made her hark back to the elegance of fashion in the 1920s.
02
to go back to a place or situation
Intransitive: to hark back to an earlier stage
Examples
He had to hark back to the beginning of the project to fix the mistakes.
They decided to hark back to the old design after the new one failed.
