LOOK BACK


Meaning of LOOK BACK in English

intransitive verb

1. : to turn and look at something in the direction from which one is coming or from which one's face is turned

looked back and saw their pursuers gaining upon them

2. : to turn one's mind or thoughts to the past : reflect on past events

inclined to look back to their African origins — Oscar Handlin

an era which the future will look back upon as another golden age — New Englander

when I look back on my tolerance at the time — O.S.J.Gogarty

3. : to show signs of retrogression or interrupted progress — usually used in the negative

from that time the industry has never looked back — L.D.Stamp

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.