'Hark back' definitions:
Definition of 'hark back'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Hark back'
From: GCIDE
- 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 used to incite and guide hounds in hunting.
- To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a digression. [1913 Webster]
- He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. --Haggard. [1913 Webster]
- He harked back to the subject. --W. E. Norris. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hark back'
From: 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