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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)

  1. To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
    • Near-synonyms: recollect, recall, remember
  2. (intransitive) To reconsider or regret.
    • You do what you have to do, and don't look back.
  3. 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

  1. looked as if one had been dragged through a hedge backwards
  2. looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
  3. looked at
  4. looked at oneself in the mirror
  5. looked away
  6. looked back
  7. looked before one leaped
  8. looked before one leapt
  9. looked beyond
  10. looked daggers
  11. looked down

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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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