verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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But Joan was harking back to that awful day.
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Indeed, the latest microbrew trend actually harks back to ancient times, when brewers grabbed whatever flavorings were nearby.
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The Justice Model asserted two central principles, both of which harked back to the classicism of Beccaria.
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Something in that statement harked back to what that other astrologer had said.
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Another famous hillside figure harks back to the days when, according to legends, giants walked the land.
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But once these hurdles are overcome, women soon stop harking back to their village background and comparing everything with it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All four Gospels hark back to a period long before their own composition - perhaps as long as sixty or seventy years.
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But Joan was harking back to that awful day.
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But once these hurdles are overcome, women soon stop harking back to their village background and comparing everything with it.
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His teachings harked back to what he regarded as the real Socrates, not the one whom Plato had immortalized.
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Indeed, the latest microbrew trend actually harks back to ancient times, when brewers grabbed whatever flavorings were nearby.
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Something in that statement harked back to what that other astrologer had said.