turn back

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• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  turn back — verb — english

  retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  turn back — verb — english

  go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  turn back — verb — english

  force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  turn back — verb — english

  hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  turn back — verb — english

  turn inside out or upside down