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Definition of Turn back
1. Verb. Retrace one's course. "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
2. Verb. Go back to a previous state. "We reverted to the old rules"
Exact synonyms: Regress, Retrovert, Return, Revert
Specialized synonyms: Fall Back, Lapse, Recidivate, Regress, Relapse, Retrogress, Resile, Go Back, Recover, Recuperate
Generic synonyms: Change By Reversal, Reverse, Turn
Derivative terms: Regress, Regression, Retroversion, Return, Reversion, Reversive, Reverting
Specialized synonyms: Fall Back, Lapse, Recidivate, Regress, Relapse, Retrogress, Resile, Go Back, Recover, Recuperate
Generic synonyms: Change By Reversal, Reverse, Turn
Derivative terms: Regress, Regression, Retroversion, Return, Reversion, Reversive, Reverting
3. Verb. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings. "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
Exact synonyms: Chase Away, Dispel, Drive Away, Drive Off, Drive Out, Run Off
Specialized synonyms: Frighten, Fire, Clear The Air, Banish, Shoo, Shoo Away, Shoo Off
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Related verbs: Drive Out, Force Out, Rouse, Rout Out
Specialized synonyms: Frighten, Fire, Clear The Air, Banish, Shoo, Shoo Away, Shoo Off
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Related verbs: Drive Out, Force Out, Rouse, Rout Out
4. Verb. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. "Turn back the tide of communism"
Exact synonyms: Arrest, Check, Contain, Hold Back, Stop
Specialized synonyms: Cut Down, Cut Out
Generic synonyms: Defend
Derivative terms: Containment, Containment, Stop
Specialized synonyms: Cut Down, Cut Out
Generic synonyms: Defend
Derivative terms: Containment, Containment, Stop
5. Verb. Turn inside out or upside down.
Exact synonyms: Invert, Reverse
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Inversion, Inversion, Inverter, Reversal, Reversal, Reverse, Reversible
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Inversion, Inversion, Inverter, Reversal, Reversal, Reverse, Reversible
Definition of Turn back
1. Verb. (intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps. ¹
2. Verb. To return to a previous state of being. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To adjust to a previous setting. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To fold something back; to fold down ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com