From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha blast from the pasta blast from the pastinformal something from the past that you remember, see, or hear again, and that reminds you of that time in your life That’s a blast from the past. No one has called me that for years. → blast
Examples from the Corpus
a blast from the past• The biggest blast from the past was '60s model, Peggy Moffat, whose famous haircut is back in style.• And, a blast from the past. 