hark back
verb
1 hark back
Go back to something earlier.
synonyms: come back, recall, return.
Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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Dutch: teruggrijpen
Moby thesaurus: break back, bring back, bring to mind, call back, call to mind, call up, change back, conjure up, cry back, cry back to, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, evoke, flip-flop, go back, go back over, go back to, look back, mind, recall, recall to mind, recapture, recollect, recur to, reevoke, reflect, remember, retrace, retrospect, return to, revert to, review, review in retrospect, revive, see in retrospect, summon up, think back, think of, turn, turn about, turn around, turn back, use hindsight ... show more.
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