Definitions for turn back
turn back

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. backtrack, turn back, double backverb

   retrace one's course

   "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

2. revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn backverb

   go back to a previous state

   "We reverted to the old rules"

3. 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"

4. 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"

5. turn back, invert, reverseverb

   turn inside out or upside down

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. turn backverb

   To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.

2. turn backverb

   To return to a previous state of being.

3. turn backverb

   To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress.

4. turn backverb

   To adjust to a previous setting.

5. turn backverb

   To fold something back; to fold down

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1. 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.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change By Reversal
   • Defend
   • Move
   • Return

How to pronounce turn back?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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How to say turn back in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of turn back in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of turn back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of turn back in a Sentence

1. Mitch Marcus:

   Indiana does not have a breeding population of black bears, and we expect this one to turn back north eventually.

2. William Westlake:

   There's rising inequality. People are treated poorly at their workplaces, i don't think that Starbucks can turn back the tide of organizing.

3. Publilius Syrus:

   Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

4. Vice President Joe Biden:

   This is no time to turn back, the only thing we should turn back is the Republican budget.

5. Zhang Zhijun:

   Will cross-Taiwan Strait relations continue to advance on the road of peaceful development, so people can enjoy the peace dividend? ... Or will it turn back, turning its back on history and returning to the evil ways of Taiwan independence?

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=turn back
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Turn_Back
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=turn back