turn back

verb

1. 1

   turn inside out or upside down

2. 2

   go back to a previous state

   We reverted to the old rules

3. 3

   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 South East Asia

4. 4

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

   Drive away potential burglars

   drive away bad thoughts

5. 5

   retrace one's course

   The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back