TURN BACK
\tˈɜːn bˈak], \tˈɜːn bˈak], \t_ˈɜː_n b_ˈa_k]\
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retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
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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"
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go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
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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"
By Princeton University
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retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
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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"
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go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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