turn back's Usage Examples:

At 1500, the carrier was short on fuel and had to turn back.

Before Man Chong's memorial reached Cao Rui, however, Cao Xiu and his army had already entered Wuqiangkou, where Wu forces blocked the path and forced them to turn back.

However, waves forced Suomen Joutsen to turn back on 23 November and head to Bordeaux to wait for the weather to clear.

not already facing the people, to turn to them, say "Orate, fratres" in a low voice while extending and joining his hands, and then turn back to the altar.

Dirksen still saw the Soviet Union as a counterweight to the West and urged Curtius not to turn back completely on the eastern pivot.

As he showcases the key, the lights mysteriously go out, and when they turn back on, both Adam's key and the Batmobile itself are gone.

Lee thought that if the Confederates could quickly defeat Sherman, they might turn back to oppose Grant before he could combine his forces with Sherman's.

A substantial crevasse along most of the headwall leading to the summit ridge has sometimes caused teams to turn back.

may still turn back before he begins such a thing and at any time may repentantly turn back.

In 1361, he had been sent as viceroy to Ireland by Edward III to recover his own lands in Ulster if possible and to turn back the advancing tide of the Irish.

then turn back to the altar while reciting the rest of the invitation inaudibly.

As the team approached the summit on 27 May 1959, they were forced to turn back due to poor weather conditions—a mere 300 m from their goal.

Thalamic axons have to grow past the cortical plate to reach the mispositioned subplate cells in the so-called superplate and then turn back down to.

Synonyms:

return, backtrack, double back,

Antonyms:

advance, fall, follow, enter,