THROWBACK

throw back

Verb

  1. to throw something back (such as a fish that has been caught for sport)
  2. to hinder the development of something
  3. to revert to an earlier stage of development


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throwback

Noun

  1. a reversion to an earlier stage of development
  2. an organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form
  3. atavism
  4. a person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed


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