- hark back
- intransitive verb Date: 1824 1. to turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance 2. to go back to something as an origin or source
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hark back
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Hark back — Hark Hark (h[aum]rk), v. i. [OE. herken. See {Hearken}.] To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. [1913 Webster] {Hark away!} {Hark back!} {Hark forward!} (Sporting), cries… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hark back to — (something) to be similar to something from the past. His music harks back to Elvis Presley and other 1950s influences … New idioms dictionary
hark back — verb go back to something earlier This harks back to a previous remark of his • Syn: ↑return, ↑come back, ↑recall • Hypernyms: ↑denote, ↑refer • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hark back to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hark back to : present tense I/you/we/they hark back to he/she/it harks back to present participle harking back to past tense harked back to past participle harked back to a) hark back to something to remember … English dictionary
hark back to — RECALL, call/bring to mind, evoke, put one in mind of. → hark * * * evoke (an older style or genre) paintings that hark back to Constable and Turner * * * hark back to [phrasal verb] hark back to (something) 1 : to return to or remember… … Useful english dictionary
hark-back — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: hark back : a reversion or reference to something past this hark back to the caveman code Philip Gibbs hark backs to the yesteryear lore of the theater Abel Green * * * harkˈ back noun A going back again ( … Useful english dictionary
hark back — v. (d; intr.) ( to revert ) to hark back to (to hark back to the old days) * * * [ hɑːk bæk] (d; intr.) ( to revert ) to hark back to (to hark back to the old days) … Combinatory dictionary
hark back to — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you say that one thing harks back to another thing in the past, you mean it is similar to it or takes it as a model. [V P P n] ...pitched roofs, which hark back to the Victorian era. 2) PHRASAL VERB When people hark back to… … English dictionary
hark back — {v.}, {literary} 1. To recall or turn back to an earlier time or happening. * /Judy is always harking back to the good times she had at camp./ 2. To go back to something as a beginning or origin. * /The cars of today hark back to the first… … Dictionary of American idioms
hark back — {v.}, {literary} 1. To recall or turn back to an earlier time or happening. * /Judy is always harking back to the good times she had at camp./ 2. To go back to something as a beginning or origin. * /The cars of today hark back to the first… … Dictionary of American idioms
hark\ back — v literary 1. To recall or turn back to an earlier time or happening. Judy is always harking back to the good times she had at camp. 2. To go back to something as a beginning or origin. The cars of today hark back to the first automobiles made… … Словарь американских идиом
