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Hark back Common

Hark back has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Alternative form of hark-back

2

An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.

Verb
1

go back to something earlier

"This harks back to a previous remark of his"

2

Of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
denote
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
recur
Rhyming Words
ack cack fack yack lack rack nack mack hack tack zack gack pack back sack wack jack shack slack chack
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