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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How to use turn back in a sentence?

1. Bruce Barton:

   Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

2. Antonio Guterres:

   So let us say it loud and clear, we will not give ground. We will not turn back. We will push back against the pushback. And we will keep pushing. For wholesale change. For rapid change ... our world needs, starting by addressing the imbalance in power relations.

3. Amanda Bynes:

   I'm really ashamed and embarrassed with the things I said, i can't turn back time but if I could, I would. And I'm so sorry to whoever I hurt and whoever I lied about because it truly eats away at me. It makes me feel so horrible and sick to my stomach and sad. Everything I worked my whole life to achieve, I kind of ruined it all through Twitter. It's definitely not Twitter's fault -- it's my own fault.

4. Internal Affairs Joseph Reznick:

   I can not imagine how you must feel, if I had the power to turn back the clock and go back to July 2014 and change the circumstances I would.

5. Erica Jong:

   I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life--specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says turn back, turn back, you'll die if you venture too far.