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Definition of turn back phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

turn back

phrasal verb
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turn back | turn somebody/something back
  1. to return the way you have come; to make somebody/something do this
    • The weather became so bad that they had to turn back.
    • (figurative) We said we would do it—there can be no turning back.
    • Our car was turned back at the border.
    synonyms at return
See turn back in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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