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English Definition
    verb
  1. backtrack, turn back, double back: retrace one's course "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
  2. revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back: go back to a previous state "We reverted to the old rules"
  3. chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off: 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"
  4. check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold 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 South East Asia", "Contain the rebel movement", "Turn back the tide of communism"
  5. turn back, invert, reverse: turn inside out or upside down
Translation
Not found. Request noted. Other translations below.Dutch omkeren, ronddraaien, zich omkeren, omdraaien
Latin averto