never look back

never look back

1. To show no sign of returning to past circumstances. Once I graduate high school, I'm leaving this town and never looking back.
2. To progress without interruption or impediment. When we began this company, we just stuck with our dreams and our plans, and we never looked back.
See also: back, look, never
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

never/not look ˈback

(informal) (after a change of career, etc.) become very successful: She hasn’t looked back since she started her own business five years ago. He moved to New York and never looked back.
See also: back, look, never, not
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • never/not look back
  • in deep
  • burg
  • have an easy ride
  • a one-horse town
  • one-horse town
  • graduate from
  • graduate from (something)
  • sad state of affairs, a
  • fast track
References in periodicals archive
"Never Look Back" by Alison Gaylin; William Morrow; 368 pages
The popularity of true crime podcasts bleeds into the tightly plotted "Never Look Back" by Alison Gaylin.
The strong tension that launches "Never Look Back" only intensifies with each surprising twist.
The solid plot of "Never Look Back" also works well as a character study as Gaylin intelligently delves into each person's psyche.
Author probes how violence affects families in 'Never Look Back'
Critique: Told through the eyes of those destroyed by the Inland Empire Killings (including Robin, Quentin, and a fifteen-year-old April Cooper) in her novel "Never Look Back", author Alison Gaylin deftly asks her readers a question--How well do we really know our parents, our partners and ourselves?
Never Look Back
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The Shore
Recently, when I read the words: "Never look back, try harder in the future", I had that reaction.
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