turn back
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Definitions
Verb
retrace one''s course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
Verb
go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
Verb
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"
Verb
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"
Verb
turn inside out or upside down
Synonyms
arrest
backtrack
chase away
check
contain
dispel
double back
drive away
drive off
drive out
hold back
invert
regress
retrovert
return
reverse
revert
run off
stop
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More Specific Terms
banish
clear the air
cut down
cut out
fall back
fire
frighten
go back
lapse
recidivate
recover
recuperate
regress
relapse
resile
retrogress
shoo
shoo away
shoo off