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turn back

verb /tɜrnbæk/ 9 letters Scrabble 16 WWF 20
Definitions
verb

go back to a previous state

verb

turn inside out or upside down

verb

retrace one's course

“The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back”

verb

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

“The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers”

verb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

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