without a backward glance
1without a backward glance — if you leave without a backward glance, you are completely happy to leave and have no sad feelings about it. She left the city she had lived in all her life without a backward glance …
2backward — backward, backwards 1. For the adverb, both forms are in use, although backward is somewhat more common in AmE and backwards in BrE: • Talk ran backward from the events of the morning A. Munro, CanE 1987 • I walked backward to look at her in the… …
3glance — I UK [ɡlɑːns] / US [ɡlæns] verb [intransitive] Word forms glance : present tense I/you/we/they glance he/she/it glances present participle glancing past tense glanced past participle glanced *** 1) to look somewhere quickly and then look away… …
4glance — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ backward, sidelong, sideways ▪ She cast a sidelong glance at Fern. ▪ brief, cursory, fleeting, quick …
5glance — glance1 [ glæns ] verb intransitive *** 1. ) glance at/over/toward etc. to look somewhere quickly and then look away: He glanced over his shoulder nervously. I glanced up to see Guido watching me from the window. Robin glanced around the room. I… …
6backward — adjective 1 (only before noun) made in a direction towards what is behind you: She went without a backward glance. 2 developing slowly and less successfully than most others: some of the more backward countries | a backward child compare forward… …
7backward — back|ward [ˈbækwəd US wərd] adj 1.) [only before noun] looking or facing in the direction that is behind you ≠ ↑forward ▪ She went without a backward glance. 2.) developing slowly and less successfully than most others ▪ It will take decades to… …
8without — with|out [ wıð aut ] function word *** Without can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I can t see without my glasses. (followed by the ing form of a verb): She walked past without saying anything. as an adverb… …
9without */*/*/ — UK [wɪðˈaʊt] / US adverb, preposition Summary: Without can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I can t see without my glasses. (followed by the ing form of a verb): She walked past without saying anything. as an… …
10without so much as — not so much as or without so much as used for emphasizing that something did not happen or exist, especially when this is surprising Not so much as a whisper could be heard. She left the room without so much as a backward glance …
