look back

look back

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: 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:

     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.

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

look back (plural look backs)

1. Alternative form of look-back

• look-back