a blast from the past

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   a person or thing from your past that you see, hear, meet, etc. again in the present

   Owen. Now, there's a blast from the past.

   Sissy and Karen? That's a blast from the past.

In the movies · 3

• Sissy and Karen? That's a blast from the past.Dinner in America2020
• Owen. Now, there's a blast from the past.Steel Magnolias1989
• instead of on the windowsills.Apocalypse Now1979
• Lieutenant Stone. Blast from the past.xXx: State of the Union2005
• Oh. Look at this blast from my past.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
• And now one for all the nostalgics out there, a blast from the past all the way back from 2003.Children of Men2006
• Now here's another blast from the past going out to Big Sam...Apocalypse Now1979

Learn it in full scenes

• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
  • The Puzzle Box Invitation
  • Miles Welcomes the Group to His Island
  • Miles's Disruption Dinner Speech

From the same entry

• full blast
• blast away
• blast off

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• to your heart's content
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