0 If someone harks back to something in the past, they talk about it again and again, often in a way that annoys other people: --
He's always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were better then.
1 If something harks back to something in the past, it is similar to it: --
The director's latest film harks back to the early years of cinema.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
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Shimmer
hark back to sth