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direction
retrovert
reverse
turning back
relapse
turn back clock
passage
turned back
prevent
fold down
retrace
fold
step
revert
progress
hearken back
adjust
beturn
turns back
retreat
Definitions:
Verb
backtrack
turn back
double back
Definition: retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
revert
return
retrovert
regress
turn back
Definition: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
chase away
drive out
turn back
drive away
dispel
drive off
run off
Definition: 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"
check
turn back
arrest
stop
contain
hold back
Definition: 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"
Definition: To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.