Verb turn back has 4 senses
- backtrack, turn back, double back - retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
--1 is one way to return, go back, get back, come back
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
--2 is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off - 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"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back - 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"
--4 is one way to defend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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