backward glance

collocation in English

meaningsofbackwardandglance

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backward
adjective
uk
/ˈbæk.wəd/us
/ˈbæk.wɚd/
not ...
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glance
noun[C]
uk
/ɡlɑːns/us
/ɡlæns/
a quick ...
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(Definition ofbackwardandglancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbackward glance

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I think that abackwardglancecan lead to no other conclusion.
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In that respect we should take at least a slightbackwardglanceat the departure of selective employment tax and purchase tax.
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When a motor-cyclist has on a helmet, which he is legally obliged to wear, the helmet obstructs hisbackwardglance.
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It would be churlish to bring so long and colourful a chapter to a close without an appreciativebackwardglance.
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I had assumed that the film industry would be abandoned without abackwardglance.
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Changing circumstances make thatbackwardglanceless and less appropriate to the current climate.
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My constituents have walked away from that industry without abackwardglance.
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It wanted to reorganise its efforts somewhere else in the country and, without abackwardglance, pulled out and left those 750 people high and dry.
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That is a very interestingbackwardglance.
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Most of the men took the opportunity that was offered by the scheme to say goodbye to the industry, and they did so without abackwardglance.
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Crabwalk might also imply a more abstractbackwardglanceat history, in order to allow a people to move forward.
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Backward glances are shown through rear view mirror techniques and distorted reflections off a champagne bowl question the reason and nature of what might be obvious.
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