to hark back

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to hark back - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hark \Hark\ (h[aum]rk), v. i. [OE. herken. See Hearken.]
     To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative
     form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] --Hudibras.
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     Hark away! Hark back! Hark forward! (Sporting), cries
        used to incite and guide hounds in hunting.
  
     To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has
        wandered from his direct course, or made a digression.
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              He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back.
                                                    --Haggard.
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              He harked back to the subject.        --W. E.
                                                    Norris.
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