hark(en) back to something
- hark(en) back to something
hark(en) back to something
1. to have originated as something; to have started out as something. (
Harken
is an older word meaning “pay heed to.”) •
The word
icebox
harks back to refrigerators that were cooled by ice.
•
Our modern breakfast cereals hark back to the porridge and gruel of our ancestors.
2. to remind one of something. •
Seeing a horse and buggy in the park harks back to the time when horses drew milk wagons.
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Sally says it harkens back to the time when everything was delivered by horse-drawn wagons.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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hark back to something — hark back to (something) to be similar to something from the past. His music harks back to Elvis Presley and other 1950s influences … New idioms dictionary
hark back (to something) — … Useful english dictionary
hark — [ hark ] verb intransitive an old word meaning listen ,hark back to phrasal verb transitive hark back to something to remember or talk about something that happened in the past: They always hark back to what they call the good old days. a. to be… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hark back to — (something) to be similar to something from the past. His music harks back to Elvis Presley and other 1950s influences … New idioms dictionary
hark back — verb go back to something earlier This harks back to a previous remark of his • Syn: ↑return, ↑come back, ↑recall • Hypernyms: ↑denote, ↑refer • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hark back to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hark back to : present tense I/you/we/they hark back to he/she/it harks back to present participle harking back to past tense harked back to past participle harked back to a) hark back to something to remember … English dictionary
hark back to — RECALL, call/bring to mind, evoke, put one in mind of. → hark * * * evoke (an older style or genre) paintings that hark back to Constable and Turner * * * hark back to [phrasal verb] hark back to (something) 1 : to return to or remember… … Useful english dictionary
hark back to — 1) PHRASAL VERB 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. [V P P n] ...pitched roofs, which hark back to the Victorian era. 2) PHRASAL VERB When people hark back to… … English dictionary
hark back — {v.}, {literary} 1. To recall or turn back to an earlier time or happening. * /Judy is always harking back to the good times she had at camp./ 2. To go back to something as a beginning or origin. * /The cars of today hark back to the first… … Dictionary of American idioms
hark back — {v.}, {literary} 1. To recall or turn back to an earlier time or happening. * /Judy is always harking back to the good times she had at camp./ 2. To go back to something as a beginning or origin. * /The cars of today hark back to the first… … Dictionary of American idioms
hark\ back — v literary 1. To recall or turn back to an earlier time or happening. Judy is always harking back to the good times she had at camp. 2. To go back to something as a beginning or origin. The cars of today hark back to the first automobiles made… … Словарь американских идиом
