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turn back

/ turn back /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
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"
Type of:
defend
Kinds of:
cut down cut out
Derived:
containment catch stop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
retrace one''s course
"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
Type of:
return go back get back
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
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"
Type of:
move displace
Kinds of:
frighten fire clear the air banish shoo off
Verb group:
rout out drive out force out rouse
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 4
go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules"
Type of:
change by reversal turn reverse
Kinds of:
relapse lapse recidivate regress retrogress
Derived:
regression regress reversion retrogression retroversion
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
57%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
33
Times Searched
23
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defend cut down cut out return go back get back move displace frighten fire clear the air banish