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Defenition of the word turn back

    • Defenition of the word turn back

      • To rotate a container so that its opening be below; to turn upside down.
      • To hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
      • retrace one's course
      • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars'; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"
      • 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 SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"
      • go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
      • 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 Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
      • 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"
      • retrace one''s course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
      • turn inside out or upside down
      • go back to a previous state
      • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
      • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

    Synonyms for the word turn back

      • arrest
      • backtrack
      • chase away
      • check
      • contain
      • dispel
      • double back
      • drive away
      • drive off
      • drive out
      • hold back
      • regress
      • return
      • revert
      • run off
      • stop

    Hyponyms for the word turn back

      • banish
      • clear the air
      • cut down
      • cut out
      • fall back
      • fire
      • frighten
      • go back
      • lapse
      • recidivate
      • recover
      • recuperate
      • regress
      • relapse
      • resile
      • retrogress
      • shoo
      • shoo away
      • shoo off

    Hypernyms for the word turn back

      • alter
      • change
      • change by reversal
      • come back
      • defend
      • displace
      • get back
      • go back
      • modify
      • move
      • return
      • reverse
      • turn

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