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echo back to something

[for something] to recall something similar in the past. This idea echoes back to the end of the last century, when people thought this way.

See also: back, echo

echo with something

 

1. . Lit. [for a large space] to resound with the echoing sounds of a loud noise. The cathedral echoed with the sounds of the organ. The valley echoed with the sound of horses' hooves.

2. Fig. [for something] to have reminders of something. (Literary and very limited.) My thoughts echoed with the sounds of spring. The room echoed with happier days.

See also: echo

cheer somebody to the echo

  (British old-fashioned)

to shout and clap a lot in order to support someone The team captain was cheered to the echo when he was presented with the cup.

See also: cheer, echo