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Turn back

To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.

📖 Definitions of "Turn back"

verb

1
To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
"Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back and re-entered the office."
2
To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
"The barrage of machine-gun fire turned back the encroaching soldiers."
3
To return to a previous state of being.
"He stopped drinking for a couple of years, but now he has turned back to his old ways."
4
To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress.
"The soldiers turned back all the refugees at the frontier."

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