"flash back" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-flash back.ogg [Australia] Forms: flashes back [present, singular, third-person], flashing back [participle, present], flashed back [participle, past], flashed back [past]
Etymology: From the noun flashback. Etymology templates: {{m|en|flashback}} flashback Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flash back (third-person singular simple present flashes back, present participle flashing back, simple past and past participle flashed back)
  1. (idiomatic) To recall or remember something; to experience a flashback. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Memory

Inflected forms

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