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Idioms and Phrases

Looking backward, reflecting on the past. For example, In retrospect, he regarded his move as the best thing he'd ever done . This idiom employs retrospect in the sense of “a view of the past.” [Second half of 1600s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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