# flash back

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/flash-back
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.

## Examples

- I flash back to my childhood whenever I smell that bread.
- The old song played on the radio, and I started to flash back to my first summer job.
- The sudden sound of the siren caused him to flash back to the chaotic events of the accident, leaving him momentarily paralyzed by the memory.

## Origin

Denominal verb of flashback.

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