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Hark Back (To)

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To return to the subject. “Revenons à nos moutons” (q.v.). A call to the dogs in fox-hunting, when they have overrun the scent, “Hark [dogs] come back”; so “Hark forʹards!” “Hark away!” etc.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hardy (Letitia)
Hare
Hare-brained, or Hair-brained
Harefoot
Hare-lip
Hare-stone = Hour-stone
Hare and the Tortoise (The)
Hares shift their Sex
Haricot Mutton
Harĭkĭrĭ. [Happy despatch.]
Hark Back (To)
Harlequin
Harlot
Harlowe (Clarissa)
Harm
Harmless as a Dove
Harmonia’s Necklace
Harmonia’s Robe
Harness
Harness Cask
Harness Prize (University of Cambridge)