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turn back

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    v.

  • retrace one's course; backtrack, double back

    The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back

  • go back to a previous state; revert, return, retrovert, regress

    We reverted to the old rules

  • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; chase away, drive out, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off

    Drive away potential burglars

    drive away bad thoughts

    dispel doubts

    The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers

  • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; check, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

    Arrest the downward trend

    Check the growth of communism in South East Asia

    Contain the rebel movement

    Turn back the tide of communism

  • turn inside out or upside down; invert, reverse

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: arrest backtrack chase away check contain dispel double back drive away drive off drive out hold back invert regress retrovert return reverse revert run off stop