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FLASH BACK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Return in time
Example:
the film cut back to an earlier event in the story
Synonyms:
cut back; flash back
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "flash back" is one way to...):
return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
flashback (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)
