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flash back

flash back verb: to recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.

Verb

flash back (third-person singular simple present flashes back, present participle flashing back, simple past and past participle flashed back)

  1. (idiomatic) To recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.

flash back meaning in Tamil and Bengali

flash back in Tamil

முன் நிகழ்வு

flash back in Bengali

কোনো কিছু স্মরণ, মনে করা

Forms of flash back

third-person singular presentflashes back
present participleflashing back
past participleflashed back
pastflashed back

Origin of flash back

Denominal verb of flashback.

Questions about flash back

What does flash back mean?
Flash back means to recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.
What is flash back in Tamil?
Flash back in Tamil is முன் நிகழ்வு. See Flash back meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flash back?
Flash back is a verb.
What is the past tense of flash back?
The past tense of flash back is flashed back.

Words near flash back in the dictionary

  1. Flasby with Winterburn
  2. flaser
  3. flasers
  4. flash
  5. flash around
  6. flash back
  7. flash bang
  8. flash bangs
  9. flash boiler
  10. flash boilers
  11. flash bomb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flash back (page history and authors); flash back (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flash back (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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