think back

phrasal verb

thought back; thinking back; thinks back

: to think about something that happened in the past

—often + to

Thinking back to my childhood, I remember summers at the beach.

Think back to that night. What were you doing?

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Even just thinking about thinking back on it brings me a lot of joy. —

Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024 Walter thought back to his team’s negotiations over the winter with Ohtani, who was a free agent after six seasons with the downtrodden Angels. —

Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 One only need think back to Skins, Channel 4’s cult mid-noughties TV series about a group of teens discovering themselves — its first season alone featuring now-Hollywood A-listers Nicholas Hoult, Daniel Kaluuya, Kaya Scodelario and Dev Patel. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024 A lot of us can think back to experiences of seeing our grandmothers and mothers or relatives with these cold creams of the ’90s, like Pond’s and Dove. —

Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for think back