Boy, that song is really a throwback to the old days!
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Throwback
//ˈθɹəʊ.bæk//
Synonyms for "throwback" (46 found)
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Related words (23)
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18 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- регрес noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
Finnish
4 entries- atavismi noun (organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form)
- paluu noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- taantuminen noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- takauma noun (someone or something similar)
German
2 entries- Rückfall noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- Rückwurf noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
Italian
2 entries- ritorno al passato noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- tuffo nel passato noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
Japanese
2 entries- 先祖返り noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- 先祖返り noun (organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form)
Polish
3 entries- cofnięcie się noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- powrót do przeszłości noun (someone or something similar)
- relikt noun (organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form)
Spanish
4 entries- retroceso noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- reversión noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- salto [hacia / para] atrás noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
- vuelta al pasado noun (reversion to an earlier stage of development)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I love a good throwback.
Source: tatoeba (9743241)
Since it's Throwback Thursday, here's a song you might remember from the 90s.
Source: tatoeba (10322432)
You see, the House of Representatives recently passed a military budget that is wholly inadequate, a throwback to the seventies, a budget that is a breach of faith with our Armed Forces and our allies and would send exactly the wrong signal to the Soviets and their satellites.
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