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Definition of Hark back
1. Verb. Go back to something earlier. "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
Generic synonyms: Denote, Refer
Specialized synonyms: Go Back, Recur
Definition of Hark back
1. Verb. (context: hunting) Of hounds, to retrace a course in order to pick up a lost scent. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively US) To return or revert (to a subject etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (qualifier a past event or era). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hark Back
Literary usage of Hark back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"We suggest you consult a dictionary whenever you are in any doubt—even if you
are using a word processor. harebrained See HAIRBRAINED. hark back, ..."
2. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... hark back, hark back ! He 's jumping and dangling in every bush ; Little Riot
has fastened his teeth in his brush ! ..."
3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1808)
"Clap round him, dear Jack, Clap round, clap round, Haik, Drummer, hark back, Hark
back, haik back. He's jumping and dodging at every bush, Little Riot has ..."
4. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1851)
"But even as he spoke, Jack Stevens' rate was heard from the other end, " hark back!
hark back, I tell you, Charity! Get away, Bedlam Bess! Ha-ark back ! ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Clap round him, dear BILL, and if some of the pack, Like Random, go hotly, hark
back ! hark back ! Some will see a fresh quarry in every bush ; If yon let ..."
6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1897)
"hark back ! hark back, it is a hind ! The stag himself—hark forrard ! ' through the
incidents of the run, in which ' We chucked a City swell to the pig By ..."
7. Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities: The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving by Robert Smith Surtees (1874)
"... hark forrard! hark back!!' resounds from every mouth. 'He's making for the 'oods
beyond Acklington, and we shall have a rare teaser up these hills,' ..."
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