turning back

Meaning

present participle and gerund of turn back

turn back

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

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Synonyms

return

going back

returning

coming back

retraction

retreat

retrogression

reversion

turn

backtracking

turned away

ceasing

flying

recurrence

Translations

Umkehr