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Definition of 'turn back'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) backtrack, turn back, double back
retrace one's course
"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

2. (verb) revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules"

3. (verb) chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
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"

4. (verb) check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
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"

5. (verb) turn back, invert, reverse
turn inside out or upside down

Definition of 'turn back'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) turn back
to start moving toward the place you came from
The plane turned back because of mechanical problems.

Translation of 'turn back'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) go back in the opposite direction He got tired and turned back; The travellers were turned back at the frontier.
Afrikaans: terugdraai, terugkeer	Arabic: يَرْتَد، يَعود ، يَرُد، ي	Bulgarian: връщам се
Brazilian: voltar para trás	Czech: vrátit (se)	German: umkehren (lassen)
Danish: vende om; afvise	Greek: γυρίζω πίσω	Spanish: (hacer) retroceder/volver
Estonian: tagasi pöörduma, (kedagi)	Farsi: برگشتن	Finnish: kääntyä takaisin
French: revenir; refouler	Hebrew: לַחֲזוֹר	Hindi: पीछे मुड़ना, लौटना
Croatian: vratiti (se)	Hungarian: visszafordul	Indonesian: berbalik kembali
Icelandic: súa við/aftur	Italian: tornare indietro; far tor	Japanese: 引き返す
Korean: 되돌아 가(오)다	Lithuanian: pasukti atgal	Latvian: sūtīt/griezties atpakaļ
Malay: berpatah balik	Dutch: terugkeren, terugsturen	Norwegian: snu, vende om; vise tilba
Polish: zawrócić	Persian: برگشتن	Pashto: ګرځیدل
Portuguese: (fazer) voltar para trás	Romanian: a (se)întoarce	Russian: (заставить) повернуть наз
Slovak: vrátiť (sa)	Slovenian: vrniti (se)	Serbian: vratiti
Swedish: vända tillbaka, avvisa	Thai: กลับไปยังทางตรงกันข้าม	Turkish: geri dönmek
Taiwanese: 折回	Ukrainian: повернути назад	Urdu: واپس ہونا
Vietnamese: quay ngược trở lại	Chinese: 折回
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