Definition of turn one's back in English Turkish dictionary
- (deyim) Sırtını dönmek, ilgilenmemek; destek vermemek
Political scientists turned their backs upon the entire tradition of normative political thought.
- sırt dönmek
- turn back
- dönmek
Geri dönmek zorundayız.
-We have to turn back.
Geri dönmek zorunda kalacağız.
-We're going to have to turn back.
- turn one's back on
- sırtını dönmek
- turn one's back on
- birine/bir şeye sırt çevirmek
- turn one's back on
- sırt çevirmek
- turn one's back on
- (Konuşma Dili) dikkate almamak
- turn one's back on
- sırtını çevirmek
- turn one's back (on somebody)
- sırt çevirmek
- turn back
- reddetmek
- turn back
- kovmak
- turn back
- geri döndürmek
- turn back
- kaytarmak
- turn back
- geri döndür
Keşke zamanı geri döndürebilsem.
-I wish I could turn back time.
- turn back
- geri almak
- turn back
- geri dönmek
Geri dönmek zorundayız.
-We have to turn back.
Geri dönmek için çok geç.
-It's too late to turn back.
- turn one´s back on
- -e sırt çevirmek
- turn one´s back on s.o./s.t
- birine/bir şeye sırt çevirmek
- turn back
- geri çevirmek
- turn back
- gerilemek
- turn back
- kıvırmak
- turn back
- katlamak
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Definition of turn one's back in English English dictionary
- To cease paying attention to something
As soon as I turned my back, he started writing on the wall.
- To forsake, to abandon; to ignore
He got off to a strong start, only to turn his back on the project two months later.
- left him, ceased to participate with him
- turn back
- To fold something back; to fold down
When you make the bed, please always turn the sheet back over the blanket.
- turn back
- To adjust to a previous setting
I love that song, turn back to it!.
- turn back
- To return to a previous state of being
Once we take this decision, there's no turning back.
- turn back
- To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress
The soldiers turned back all the refugees at the frontier.
- turn back
- To reverse direction and retrace one's steps
Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back to the office.
- to turn one's back
- walk away from one who needs one's help
- turn back
- return, go back
- turn back
- go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- turn back
- If you turn back or if someone turns you back when you are going somewhere, you change direction and go towards where you started from. She turned back towards the crossroads They were very nearly forced to turn back Police attempted to turn back protesters marching towards the offices of President Ershad
- turn back
- retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
- turn back
- If you cannot turn back, you cannot change your plans and decide not to do something, because the action you have already taken makes it impossible. The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back
- turn back
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
- turn back
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"