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Phrase(s): flash back (to someone or something)
to return briefly to a view of someone or something in the past. (In films, literature, and television.) • The story suddenly flashed back to Tom when he was a child. • The story flashed back to Tom’s childhood., Phrase(s): flash back (on someone or something)
Fig. to provide a glimpse of someone or something in the past. (In films, literature, and television.) • The next scene flashed back on Fred’s murder. • The story then flashed back, giving us information out of the past.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs