turn back
往回走,折回
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 Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel
movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check,
arrest, stop, contain, hold back]