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hark back
hark H0065300 (härk)intr.v. harked, hark·ing, harks To listen attentively.Phrasal Verb: hark back1. To have origin in or be reminiscent of a past event or condition; recall or evoke: songs that hark back to the soul music of the 1960s.2. To remember or discuss a past event or condition: He's always harking back to his days in the army.
[Middle English harken, herken, from Old English *heorcian.]hark back vb (intr, adverb) to return to an earlier subject, point, or position, as in speech or thought Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | hark back - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"come back, recall, returndenote, refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "go back, recur - return in thought or speech to something |
Translationshark back
hark(en) back to (something)1. To cause one to think of something. That song harkens back to an earlier time in my life.2. To have originated or begun as something. You know, our modern cell phones hark back to those old rotary phones you like to make fun of.3. To revisit something mentioned earlier. Before we get too upset, let's all harken back to the real reason we're here today.See also: backhark(en) back to something 1. to have originated as something; to have started out as something. (Harken is an older word meaning "pay heed to.") The word icebox harks back to refrigerators that were cooled by ice. Our modern breakfast cereals hark back to the porridge and gruel of our ancestors. 2. to remind one of something. Seeing a horse and buggy in the park harks back to the time when horses drew milk wagons. Sally says it harkens back to the time when everything was delivered by horse-drawn wagons.See also: back, harkhark backReturn to a previous point, as in Let us hark back briefly to my first statement. This expression originally alluded to hounds retracing their course when they have lost their quarry's scent. It may be dying out. [First half of 1800s] See also: back, harkhark back
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