look back

See also: lookback and look-back

English

Verb

look back

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look,‎ back.

   When I look back at my summer holidays as a child, I smile.

   • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     United were made to pay for letting an eight-point lead as little as five weeks ago slip and, despite their final-day efforts, they will look back on a season where, when they needed to step up, they fell flat.

   • 1996, Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

     Don't look back in anger, I heard you say.

2. (intransitive) To reconsider or regret.

   You do what you have to do, and don't look back.

Synonyms

• (reminisce): wax nostalgic; recall, remember, hark back, review, think back, recollect

Translations

look behind oneself

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回頭看／回头看, 回头看 (huítóu kàn)

• Danish: se tilbage, kigge tilbage
• Dutch: achterom kijken
• Finnish: katsoa taakseen
• French: regarder derrière soi
• German: zurückschauen, zurückblicken (de), nach hinten blicken, nach hinten schauen, umdrehen (de) (reflexive)
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: visszanéz, hátranéz (hu)
• Icelandic: líta aftur, líta við
• Latin: respicio, respecto
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} oglądać się (za siebie) (pl), ^{(please verify)} obejrzeć się (za siebie) (pl)
• Russian: огля́дываться (ru) impf (ogljádyvatʹsja), огляну́ться (ru) pf (ogljanútʹsja)
• Spanish: ver hacia atrás, mirar hacia atrás, volver la cabeza, volverse hacia atrás

reminisce about the past

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回顧／回顾 (zh) (huígù), 回顾 (zh) (huígù)

• Danish: se tilbage på
• Dutch: achterom kijken, terugkijken (nl), omzien (nl)
• Finnish: muistella (fi)
• French: se remémorer (fr)
• German: zurückschauen, zurückblicken (de)
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: visszanéz, visszatekint (hu)
• Icelandic: líta aftur, líta um öxl
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wspominać (pl), wspomnieć (pl)
• Russian: огля́дываться (ru) impf (ogljádyvatʹsja), огляну́ться (ru) pf (ogljanútʹsja)
• Spanish: recordar (es), volver la cabeza, acordarse (es)

Noun

look back (plural look backs)

1. Alternative form of look-back

See also

• look-back