English-Czech translations for turn back

• vrátit se
  Včera donutil turecký bojový letoun helikoptéru Frontexu vrátit se zpět. In fact, yesterday, a Turkish fighter plane threatened to force a Frontex helicopter to turn back.
  Některé státy se vydávají na cestu reforem a posilují nebo vytvářejí pilíř soukromých penzijních fondů, jiné se místo toho pokoušejí vrátit se v čase zpět. Some countries are embarking on the path of reform, and are reinforcing or creating the pillar of private pension funds, while others are attempting to turn back time instead.

Definition of turn back

• To reverse direction and retrace one's steps
• To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps
• To return to a previous state of being
• To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress
• To adjust to a previous setting
• To fold something back; to fold down
• To give back; to return

Examples

• Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back and re-entered the office
• The barrage of machine-gun fire turned back the encroaching soldiers.
• He stopped drinking for a couple of years, but now he has turned back to his old ways
• Once we take this decision, theres no turning back
• The soldiers turned back all the refugees at the frontier
• In Autumn we normally turn the clocks back one hour
• I love that song: turn back to it!
• When you make the bed, please always turn the sheet back over the blanket

Related words

• turn back the clock
• turn back on
• turn one's back
• turn one's back on
• turn one’s back on