hark back to sth
— phrasal verb with hark uk/hɑːk/us/hɑːrk/verb [ I ] also hearken old use
(REPEAT)
If someone harks back to something in the past, they talk about it again and again, often in a way that annoys other people:
He's always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were better then.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- retrospect
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- take sb back
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(BE SIMILAR)
If something harks back to something in the past, it is similar to it:
The director's latest film harks back to the early years of cinema.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- retrospect
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- take sb back
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Quoting & making references