throw back
Return to origins
To throw back is to return something by throwing, or to move backward suddenly: She threw back her head and laughed.
To throw back a drink is to consume it quickly in one gulp.
In fishing, you throw back a catch you're not keeping.
Throwback (one word) is the noun—something that recalls an earlier time: His style is a throwback to the nineties.
Longing for the past
- memoriesStored past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
retrospect · vintage · retro · bygone · yesteryear · oldies · TBT · rewind
Go back again
- refuseReject or garbage
- declineDecrease or refuse
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- repelDrive off or disgust
deflect · recoil · dismiss · spurn · discard · counter · reverse
To let go
- catch and releaseAngling without keeping prey
- undersizedSmaller than standard
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- unhookRelease from a curved fastener
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- memoriesStored past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
reminiscence · retrospect · vintage · retro · bygone · yesteryear · oldies · TBT · rewind · blast from past
return
Go back again
repel · deflect · recoil · dismiss · spurn · discard · counter · reverse
release
To let go
- catch and releaseAngling without keeping prey
- undersizedSmaller than standard
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
shot
Quick liquor serving
down · slam · shooter · guzzle · quaff · bottoms up · one gulp
- fishing idiomshook line and sinker, fish out of water, the one that got away, fishing for compliments, fish or cut bait
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
throw backevolution
Species changing over generations
advancement · mutation · modern adaptation · new development
throw backflash forward
Narrative leap to future
preview · forecast · futurism · forward-looking · anticipation