Definition of "hark" []

• To listen attentively. (verb-intransitive)
• Hark back To return to a previous point, as in a narrative. (idiom)

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• "Traditional communities, that the word hark backs to, were people with weak ties."
• "'See, see, mother; hark, that is the cry of the little bird, the hawk has got it.'"
• "Jackson's comment and the group's name hark back to the nation's revolutionary beginnings in its tax revolt against England, and the Fourth of July holiday this weekend has become a rallying cry for supporters who plan a rally in San Antonio, a fair in suburban Atlanta and more."