hark back : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hark back	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hark back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hark back v go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" Synonym(s): hark back, return, come back, recall
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hark \Hark\, v. i. [OE. herken. See {Hearken}.] To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] --Hudibras. {Hark away!} {Hark back!} {Hark forward!} (Sporting), cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting. {To hark back}, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a digression. He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. Haggard. He harked back to the subject. --W. E. Norris.