turned back
Went the other
Turned back describes reversing direction or being made to return: We turned back when the road flooded, Border guards turned them back.
It can also mean folding something over on itself: She turned back the covers.
Figuratively, to turn back is to revert to an earlier state or abandon progress: There's no turning back now.
- retreatedMoved backward from advance
- beat a retreatWithdraw from confrontation
- backtrackReverse one's position
- reversedFlipped to opposite orientation
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
recant · retrace · repelled · about-face · withdraw · rethink · relive · second-guess · rescind · refused · pause · flee · rejected · mirror · recoiled · renounce · spun · threshold
- brush-offsbrush off, brush-off, cold shoulder, ignore, snub
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
turned backpressed on
Continued with determination
kept going · pushed forward · advanced · forged ahead · proceeded
turned backsaw through
Recognized hidden truth
completed · followed through · finished · accomplished · succeeded
back, turn, return, backward, turning, backing, turned, returned, returns