hark back

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hark

(härk)

intr.v. harked, hark·ing, harks

To listen attentively.

Phrasal Verb:

hark back

1. To have origin in or be reminiscent of a past event or condition; recall or evoke: songs that hark back to the soul music of the 1960s.

2. To remember or discuss a past event or condition: He's always harking back to his days in the army.

[Middle English harken, herken, from Old English *heorcian.]

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hark back

(intr, adverb) to return to an earlier subject, point, or position, as in speech or thought

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hark back - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

come back, recall, return

denote, refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "

go back, recur - return in thought or speech to something

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rievocare

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Had they gone and told Silver, all might have turned out differently; but they had their orders, I suppose, and decided to sit quietly where they were and hark back again to "Lillibullero."

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I must hark back, however, and continue my narrative from where I dropped it.

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