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Idiom

think back

Meaning

To think about a time or experience; to recall.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I often think back to my time in school.”

“When I think back to our first trip together, I always smile at how lost we got.”

“As he grew older, he began to think back on his long career with a sense of quiet satisfaction and pride.”

Examples

simple

“I often think back to my time in school.”

contextual

“When I think back to our first trip together, I always smile at how lost we got.”

complex

“As he grew older, he began to think back on his long career with a sense of quiet satisfaction and pride.”

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