turn back (
http://definr.com/turn back)
v 1: retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had
to turn back" [syn:
backtrack,
double back]
2: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn:
revert,
return,
retrovert,
regress]
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},
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 SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel
movement"; "Turn back athe tide of communism" [syn:
check,
arrest,
stop,
contain,
hold back]