turn back

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === turn back (third-person singular simple present turns back, present participle turning back, simple past and past participle turned back) (intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps. Synonyms: about turn, about face (transitive) To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps. To return to a previous state of being. (transitive) To prevent, or refuse to allow, passage or progress. Synonyms: drive away, repel, turn away, stop Coordinate term: kick out (transitive) To adjust to a previous setting. (transitive) To fold something back; to fold down. Coordinate term: turn down (obsolete, transitive) To give back; to return. ==== Usage notes ==== In sense 3 the object is normally a person, or group of people, or means of transport. It may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle. In senses 4 and 5 the object is normally a thing. It may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====