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turn back
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word turn back.
Princeton's WordNet
backtrack, turn back, double backverb
retrace one's course
"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn backverb
go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules"
chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run offverb
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"
check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold backverb
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"
turn back, invert, reverseverb
turn inside out or upside down
Wiktionary
turn backverb
To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
turn backverb
To return to a previous state of being.
turn backverb
To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress.
turn backverb
To adjust to a previous setting.
turn backverb
To fold something back; to fold down
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turn back
"Turn back" is a phrase that generally implies to reverse one's direction, stop moving forward, and go back towards where they started from. It can be literally applied to physical movement or metaphorically to changing decisions, reverting to previous conditions, or ceasing to continue in a certain behavior or action.
Wikidata
Turn Back
Turn Back is an EP released by The Pillows on June 23, 2004. It contains re-recordings of song originally published between 1990 and 1996 and was part of the band's 15th anniversary releases. The cover art is based on the folktale by the Brothers Grimm Town Musicians of Bremen
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turn back in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turn back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of turn back in a Sentence
As the date got closer, more and more I wanted to turn back time. But if I chickened out, I risked being seen as a coward.
We're not going to recover as a city if we turn back time and see an increase in violence.
Merrill One time, I was at this party... and I was sitting on the couch with Amanda McKinney. She was just sitting there, looking beautiful. So, I lean in to kiss her, and I realize I have gum in my mouth. So, I turn to spit it out and put it in a paper cup. I turn back, and Amanda McKinney throws up all over herself. I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.
She makes no excuses for what she did, she has always owned up to it. She says, ‘If I could turn back time, I never would do that.’She understands that she didn’t just negatively affect her life, but she hurt many other people, and she is still very sorry for it.
After all the success we have had tamping down the COVID-19 curve, we cannot turn back and overload our hospitals, putting our doctors and nurses at greater risk with more emergency room cases, everyone must do their part and follow the rules.
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