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hark back to

hark back to
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahrk bak too]
    • /hɑrk bæk tu/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahrk bak too]
    • /hɑrk bæk tu/

Definitions of hark back to words

  • intransitivephrasal verb hark back to recall: earlier era 1
  • phrasal verb hark back to If you say that one thing harks back to another thing in the past, you mean it is similar to it or takes it as a model. 0
  • phrasal verb hark back to When people hark back to something in the past, they remember it or remind someone of it. 0
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Parts of speech for Hark back to

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Hark back to

hark back to popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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