hark back
Speech parts
1. hark back - Noun
2. hark back - Verb
Meaning
go back to something earlier
Source: WordNetAlternative names
hark-back
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Examples
This harks back to a previous remark of his
Author of a hugely successful memoir One Hell Of A Life, Capt. Blackford is 100 years old, and that may lead you to assume that he would often hark back to those good old days when books tumbled out of printing presses, and didn’t pop up on screens.
Hindemith ’s concertos hark back to the forms of the 19th century, even if the harmonic language which he used was different.
This is reflected in his development of interlocking cycles which hark back to the origins of fantasy in myth and medieval cycles (see "Wizardry and Wild Romance – Moorcock" & "Death Is No Obstacle – Colin Greenland" for more commentary).
Many definitions of essence hark back to the ancient Greek hylomorphic understanding of the formation of the things of this world.
They hark back to a centuries-old sociable tradition where, in the evening, women would get together to make lace and chat, their husbands often using the time to carve wooden objects nearby.