Hark v. i. To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.]
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.
He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. --Haggard.
He harked back to the subject. --W. E. Norris.
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hark back
v : go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
remark of his" [syn: return, come back, recall]