turn back

Verb

 * 1)  To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
 * 2)  To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
 * 3) To return to a previous state of being.
 * 4)  To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress.
 * 5)  To adjust to a previous setting.
 * 6)  To fold something back; to fold down.
 * 7)  To give back; to return.
 * 1) To return to a previous state of being.
 * 2)  To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress.
 * 3)  To adjust to a previous setting.
 * 4)  To fold something back; to fold down.
 * 5)  To give back; to return.
 * 1)  To adjust to a previous setting.
 * 2)  To fold something back; to fold down.
 * 3)  To give back; to return.
 * 1)  To fold something back; to fold down.
 * 2)  To give back; to return.
 * 1)  To fold something back; to fold down.
 * 2)  To give back; to return.
 * 1)  To give back; to return.
 * 1)  To give back; to return.

Usage notes

 * In sense 3 the object is normally a person, or group of people, or means of transport. It may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.
 * In senses 4 and 5 the object is normally a thing. It may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.