Synonyms for turn back
turn back

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1. turn backverb

   To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.

   Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back to the office.

   Synonyms:
   about turn, about face

2. turn backverb

   To fold something back; to fold down

   When you make the bed, please always turn the sheet back over the blanket.

   Synonyms:
   fold back, fold

3. turn backverb

   Synonyms:
   repel, stop, drive away

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1. backtrack, turn back, double backverb

   retrace one's course

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

   Synonyms:
   stop, backtrack, run off, chase away, hold back, retrovert, regress, drive out, revert, invert, check, reverse, double back, drive off, contain, return, drive away, dispel, arrest

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

   go back to a previous state

   "We reverted to the old rules"

   Synonyms:
   reelect, bring back, drive off, retrovert, return, retrograde, reverse, deliver, hold back, recall, refund, hark back, give back, rejoin, invert, drive out, devolve, repay, come back, relapse, retort, fall, riposte, recidivate, fall back, give, drive away, take back, stop, pass, render, retrogress, lapse, arrest, yield, chase away, regress, dispel, contain, double back, generate, revert, backtrack, run off, check

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"

   Synonyms:
   bolt out, elope, absquatulate, drive off, abscond, hold back, return, go off, rout out, retrovert, arrest, bolt, decamp, waste, invert, rouse, drive out, clear out, xerox, disperse, run out, chase away, make off, drive away, stop, regress, beetle off, expectorate, dissipate, reverse, scatter, photocopy, contain, double back, break up, force out, dispel, revert, backtrack, run off, check

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"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, hold on, hold in, bar, collar, jibe, incorporate, tick off, control, carry, fit, gibe, run off, hold, moderate, cop, learn, checker, barricade, check out, mark off, retain, stop, pick up, condition, double back, assure, finish, tally, comprise, reverse, return, suss out, kibosh, check off, check over, stop over, match, check up on, cease, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, regress, forbear, go over, check, train, arrest, hold back, lay off, retrovert, quit, chase away, hold off, take, conceal, halt, block, catch, find out, see, discipline, terminate, wait, drive off, get, give up, nail, backtrack, intercept, revert, correspond, curb, restrain, keep, drive away, keep back, check into, blockade, contain, invert, bear, determine, nab, dispel, retard, crack, watch, block off, break off, see to it, break, discontinue, end, block up, tick, chequer, drive out, apprehend, agree, delay

5. turn back, invert, reverseverb

   turn inside out or upside down

   Synonyms:
   turn, stop, countermand, backtrack, run off, change by reversal, revoke, vacate, chase away, hold back, retrovert, regress, annul, overturn, drive out, revert, invert, check, reverse, double back, drive off, contain, overrule, lift, return, drive away, override, dispel, arrest, overthrow, rescind, repeal

Matched Categories

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

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1. Vice President Joe Biden:

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

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. Joan Of Arc:

   It pleased God thus to act through a simple maid in order to turn back the King's enemies.

4. Brett Anderson:

   It's beautiful, i roll down the window, stick my arm out, play retro music and turn back the clock 40 years.

5. Human Resources Zoltan Balog:

   The loss of those people, ejected from the nation, robbed and bestially murdered, is our shared loss, a long road leads to honorable remembrance. Let us thank everyone who did not stop or turn back on that road.