'To hark back' definitions:

Definition of 'To hark back'

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  • 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]

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