turn back

美 [tɜːrn bæk] 英 [tɜːn bæk]

turn back

Verb

retrace one's course;

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

go back to a previous state;

"We reverted to the old rules"

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"

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"

turn inside out or upside down

turn back近义词

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