hark back

/hɑrk bæk/

Other forms: harking back; harked back; harks back

Definitions of hark back

1. verb

   go back to something earlier
   “This harks back to a previous remark of his”

   synonyms: come back, recall, return, rewind

   types:

   go back, recur

   return in thought or speech to something

   type of:

   denote, refer

   have as a meaning