Complete Definition of "hark back"

English

Verb

hark back

  1. (Hunting) Of hounds, to retrace a course in order to pick up a lost scent.
  2. figurative To return or revert (to a subject etc.)

#:* Harking back to the theme of a series of speeches he delivered last week, he said he was reminded that â��thereâ��s still an enemy out there that would like to inflict the same kind of damage again.â��'' — New York Times

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