turn back : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: turn back	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turn back v retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" Synonym(s): backtrack, turn back, double back go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" Synonym(s): revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back 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" Synonym(s): chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off 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" Synonym(s): check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back turn inside out or upside down Synonym(s): turn back, invert, reverse