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Definition of the day : « turn back »

  • As in react : verb respond; conduct oneself
  • As in recur : verb happen again; repeat in one's mind
  • As in regress : verb return to earlier way of doing things
  • As in relapse : verb deteriorate, weaken
  • As in reverse : verb turn upside down or backwards
  • As in revert : verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
  • As in backpedal : verb retrace one's step
  • As in backtrack : verb retrace one's step
  • As in reoccur : verb recur
  • As in double back : verb retrace one's steps
  • As in get back : verb return
Example sentences :
  • Therefore I was obliged to turn back, as our horses were done up.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • We must now turn back a little, and follow the movements of Alcidas.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • First of all, it was evident that he must turn back if he was to save his eyesight.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • No longer was he determined that she must turn back at this point.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • He could turn back; he must turn back; and as a corollary the Leopard Woman must turn back with him!
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Eurylochus and a few of the others were inclined to turn back.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Well, then, I will turn back with you; but the punch will all be gone, mark my words.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • I was just about to turn back, in order not to disturb her meditations, when she glanced at me.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • You don't expect they will turn back and give us trouble, do you, Rob?
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
  • Thus led, my broodings leave the future, and turn back on the past.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope