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Synonyms for Turn Back (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (retrace one's course):
backtrack, double back

WordNet sense 2 (force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings):
dispel, run off, chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out

WordNet sense 3 (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of):
arrest, check, contain, stop, hold back

WordNet sense 4 (go back to a previous state):
regress, return, revert, retrovert, regress

WordNet sense 5 (turn inside out or upside down):
invert, reverse


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