Hark Back (Verb)
Meaning
Go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The company's decision to downsize harks back to the financial troubles they faced last year.
- Her new poem harks back to the themes of isolation she explored in her earlier work.
- The politician's campaign promise harks back to the election slogan she used five years ago.
- The firm's decision to expand harks back to the changing demographics of the local area.
- The artist's latest series harks back to the surrealist movement that inspired her early career.