hark back

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhɑːk ˈbæk/
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• General-American: /ˌhɑɹk ˈbæk/
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• rhymes with -æk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːkbæk/
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• General-American: /ˈhɑɹkˌbæk/
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From hark (“to listen attentively”) + back (“to or in a previous condition or place”, adverb), originally a hunting command to hounds meaning “Listen! Go back!”.

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: hakea jälki uudelleen — of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey
• German: auf etw. zurückgreifen — of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey
• German: zurückgreifen — of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey
• Spanish: desandar — of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey
• Finnish: palata — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Finnish: kaivata — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Finnish: ikävöidä — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Spanish: rememorar — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Spanish: remontarse — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Spanish: retrotraer — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Spanish: retrotraerse — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Spanish: evocar — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)
• Spanish: remembrar — to allude, return, or revert to (a subject previously mentioned, etc.); to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)