What does hark back mean?

hark back means "go back to something earlier".

What is another word for hark back?

Close synonyms include return, come back, recall. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hark back a common word?

hark back is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Hark back — meaning, 3 synonyms and examples

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
go back to something earlier
“This harks back to a previous remark of his”
Synonymsreturn come back recall
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