TURN BACK
Definition:
- [verb] retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
Synonyms: backtrack, double back
- [verb] go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
Synonyms: revert, return, retrovert, regress
- [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"
Synonyms: chase away, drive out, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
- [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 Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
Synonyms: check, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
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Related Words:
- relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
- resile
- recover, go back, recuperate
- frighten
- fire
- clear the air
- banish
- shoo off, shoo, shoo away
- cut down, cut out
