phrasal verb

• 1(of a person's thoughts or mind) briefly and suddenly recall a previous time or incident.

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  • ‘her thoughts immediately flashed back to last night’

  1. 1.1(of a film, TV episode, etc.) show events that happened at an earlier time than the main story.
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     • ‘a special episode that flashed back to that fateful night almost a year before’