turn back
turn
tɜrn
tērn
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/tˈɜːn bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "turn back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to turn back
[phrase form: turn]
01

āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to return to a previous state or condition
to turn back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite her efforts to move forward, she could n't shake off her doubts and found herself turning back to old habits.
āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻā§‡āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to set something to a previous state or setting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I accidentally deleted some important files. Is there a way to turn back the changes and recover them?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ?
03

āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž

to go back along the same route one already covered
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cyclists had to turn back because of a mechanical failure.
āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāĻž

to set something to a previous state or setting, especially regarding time or a particular condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician had to turn back the thermostat because the room was too warm.
āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to force someone or something to go back toward where they came from, often with authority
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The border patrol turned back several migrants who attempted to cross the border illegally.
āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to prevent the advance of a danger or an enemy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bouncer had to turn back individuals who did n't meet the entry requirements for the exclusive club.
āĻŦāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻ•ā§āϞ⧁āϏāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
07

āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to flip an item to reveal its opposite side or transform its appearance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The archaeologist carefully turned back the ancient parchment, revealing an additional layer of writing.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āύāϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āϚāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
08

āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to change one's mind or undo something that has been done, said, or promised
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company decided to turn back on their initial decision to lay off employees after receiving backlash from the public.
āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϚāĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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