turn+back
31turn back the clock — verb To return to a previous state. We had a terrible year so we agreed to turn back the clock and go on as if it hadnt happened …
32turn back — Synonyms and related words: about ship, assimilate to, avert, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat back, become, box off, break, break back, bring about, bring round, bring to, brush off, cant, cant round …
33turn back — verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. a. to go in the reverse direction b. to stop going forward 2. to refer to an earlier time or place transitive verb 1. to drive back or away 2. to stop the advance of 3. to fold back …
34turn back — just before boarding the ferry, Clint changed his mind and turned back Syn: retrace one s steps, go back, return; retreat …
35turn back — return, go back …
36turn back the clock — ► turn (or put) back the clock return to the past or to a previous way of doing things. Main Entry: ↑clock …
37To turn back — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
38To turn back — Turn Turn, v. i. 1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man… …
39turn back the clock — phrasal : to revert to a condition existing well in the past usually with an implication of surrendering progress or improvement would not such a “Balkanization of the United States” be a clear turning back of the clock E.N.Griswold * * * turn… …
40turn back — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. retrogress, retrograde, revert; see return 1 , 2 …
