Quick definitions from WordNet (turn back)
▸ verb: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of ("Turn back the tide of communism")
▸ verb: retrace one's course ("The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back")
▸ verb: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings ("The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers")
▸ verb: go back to a previous state
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▸ verb: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of ("Turn back the tide of communism")
▸ verb: retrace one's course ("The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back")
▸ verb: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings ("The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers")
▸ verb: go back to a previous state
▸ Words similar to turn back
▸ Usage examples for turn back
▸ Idioms related to turn back (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near turn back
▸ Rhymes of turn back
▸ Invented words related to turn back