单词 | never to look behind one |
释义 | > as lemmasnever (also not) to look behind one (f) colloquial. With objective pronoun used reflexively. never (also not) to look behind one: = never (also not) to look back at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > advance or make progress > uninterrupted never (also not) to look behind one1821 1821 Newcastle Mag. May 507/1 Self prostration is the sure way to independence... Isaac Huckaback, the haberdasher, never looked behind him after he began to cringe. c1852 in E. Bellasis Memorials Mr. Serjeant Bellasis (1893) 150 He did not look behind him, but got better and better. 1911 C. Richardson New Bk. Horse xviii. 232/2 It took him the best part of another year to acquire condition. After that, he never looked behind him, and he is now in his tenth season as a hunter. < as lemmas |
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