Retrace one''s course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
Verb
go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
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"
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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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retrace one''s course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
Usage Examples
I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely.
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Other Usage ExamplesA whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.
We do not believe voters gave President Bush a mandate to turn back the clock decades on so many of our legal protections.
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