English-Finnish translations for turn back

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