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turn back

English

  1. 🔊 turn inside out or upside down
  2. 🔊 hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
    “Arrest the downward trend”
  3. 🔊 retrace one's course
    “The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back”
  4. 🔊 force to go away
    “Drive away potential burglars”
  5. 🔊 go back to a previous state
    “We reverted to the old rules”

Similar words

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