turn back

Verb

Meaning

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

retrace one's course

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

turn inside out or upside down

go back to a previous state

Source: WordNet

stop drive away return contain reverse check arrest revert regress dispel invert backtrack retrovert run off drive out

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develop advance expand enhance boost flourish

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change return move turn reverse defend

fire shoo recover lapse relapse recuperate

Arrest the downward trend Source: Internet

Check the growth of communism in South East Asia Source: Internet

Contain the rebel movement Source: Internet

Turn back the tide of communism Source: Internet

The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back Source: Internet

Drive away potential burglars Source: Internet