looked back
looked back is the simple past and past participle of look back.
Meaning of look back
Verb
look back (third-person singular simple present looks back, present participle looking back, simple past and past participle looked back)
- To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
- Near-synonyms: recollect, recall, remember
- To reconsider or regret.
- You do what you have to do, and don't look back.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, back.
- Don't look back in anger, I heard you say1996, Oasis, “Don't Look Back in Anger”, in (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Questions about looked back
- What is looked back the simple past and past participle of?
- Looked back is the simple past and past participle of look back.
Words near looked back in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: looked back (page history and authors); look back (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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