echo back to

echo back to (something)

To reference something that has already been said or established. And that line echoes back to what her father told her earlier in the book.
See also: back, echo
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

echo back to something

[for something] to recall something similar in the past. This idea echoes back to the end of the last century, when people thought this way.
See also: back, echo
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • back
  • back at (something or some place)
  • be/go back to square one
  • come back and see us
  • back to square one
  • break one's neck, to
  • (in) back of (something)
  • back of
  • back of something
  • back over (someone or something)
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The sound waves (vibrating energy waves) created by their calls bounce off prey and echo back to the bat.
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Did the scene echo back to that earlier meeting when Peter had been skunked before?
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