From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishflash back phrasal verbto suddenly think about or show something that happened in the past, especially in a film, book etc to From here the movie flashes back to Billy’s first meeting with Schultz. → flashback → flash→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
flash back• She flashed back to her discussion with Ted Wilkinson, reliving every moment in her mind.• Suddenly something she had heard her daddy read out from a newspaper flashed back to her.• My mind flashed back to those nights in Marcus Small Ward. 