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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. retrace one's course;
- Example: "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
[syn: backtrack, turn back, double back]

2. go back to a previous state;
- Example: "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back]

3. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;
- Example: "Drive away potential burglars"
- Example: "drive away bad thoughts"
- Example: "dispel doubts"
- Example: "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
[syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]

4. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;
- Example: "Arrest the downward trend"
- Example: "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"
- Example: "Contain the rebel movement"
- Example: "Turn back the tide of communism"
[syn: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back]

5. turn inside out or upside down;
[syn: turn back, invert, reverse]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

turn back
    v 1: retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had
         to turn back" [syn: backtrack, turn back, double
         back]
    2: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
       [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn
       back]
    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" [syn: chase away, drive out,
       turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
    4: 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" [syn: check,
       turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back]
    5: turn inside out or upside down [syn: turn back, invert,
       reverse]