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  1. harken back: Merriam-Webster
  2. harken back: Wiktionary
  3. harken back: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Harken-back: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Harken back)

verb:  Alternative form of hearken back [(sometimes proscribed) Synonym of hark back (β€œto allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)”)]

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