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To turn and face in the opposite direction
“Aidan chuckles from the backseat and I turn back to look at him.”
To retreat or move backward to a previous place one has been
“We had walked too far to turn back to where we started, and so we kept going.”
To physically fold or bend something over
“Every night, I'd turn back the sheets, and the bed would be full of feathers.”
To fend off or defend against something hostile
“At first, the army made an effort to turn back the hordes of prospectors that flocked to the country.”
To cause to come to an end
To return or change back to a former state
To divert, intercept, or intervene to prevent something from happening or to change its course
To alter one's opinion about something
To occur again, especially periodically or repeatedly
To fall back into bad habits or an unhealthy state
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