intransitive. To go back in discourse; to revert to or resume a topic or subject. Cf. to return to one's muttons at mutton, n. phrases 3.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)] > return to a topic (7) returnc1405 intransitive. To go back in discourse; to revert to or resume a topic or subject. Cf. to return to one's muttons at mutton, n. phrases 3. resortc1425 intransitive. To return to a subject or matter; to cast one's mind back. Obsolete. relent?c1500 intransitive. To return. recur1620 intransitive. To go back in thought, memory, or speech (to a subject, time, etc.). remountc1740 intransitive. With to. Of a person: to go back to a certain point, principle, etc., in the course of an investigation or study; to take (something)… to tread back one's steps1777 †to tread a person's steps (figurative), to walk in the steps of, follow the example of (obsolete); to tread back one's steps (figurative), to… hark back1829 Of hounds: To return along the course taken, when the scent has been lost, till it is found again; hence figurative to retrace one's course or… |
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