eng: turn back

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Meaning
means(verb) retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
double back, turn back, backtrack
means(verb) go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
return, turn back, regress, retrovert, revert
means(verb) 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"
dispel, drive away, chase away, drive out, drive off, run off, turn back
means(verb) 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"
stop, arrest, turn back, hold back, check, contain
means(verb) turn inside out or upside down
reverse, turn back, invert

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