turned back

Определение turned back в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Past participle of turn back; Simple past of turn back; retraced one's path, returned to the place which one left; {a} retroverted; backhanded
turned back the clock: Simple past tense and past participle of turn back the clock
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.
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"
turned his back on: abandoned, disregarded, neglected to help
turned his back on him: turned around and left him, left him, deserted him, abandoned him