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hark back v

(intransitive) (hunting) Of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey. (by extension) To return to where one has previously been; to retrace one's steps. (figuratively) To allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event). [from 19th c.] (transitive, hunting) To call back (hounds); to recall. hark back n Alternative form of hark-back (hunting) An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey. (figuratively) An act of alluding, returning, or reverting (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, an act of evoking, or longing or pining for (a past era or event).

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