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turn back

/tɜrn_bæk/

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verb
go back to a previous state
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regress retrovert return revert

type of:
turn change by reversal reverse
verb
turn inside out or upside down
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invert reverse

type of:
alter change modify
verb
retrace one's course
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"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

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backtrack double back

type of:
return
verb
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
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"The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

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chase away dispel drive away drive off drive out run off

type of:
move displace
verb
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
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arrest check contain hold back stop

type of:
defend

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