turns back
Goes the opposite
Turns back means to reverse direction or return the way one came: We turned back when the trail got too steep.
It can also mean to repel or cause to retreat: Border guards turned back the refugees.
To turn back the clock is to return to an earlier state or undo progress: You can't turn back time.
- backtrackReverse one's position
- reverseTurn to opposite
- turns aroundReverses one's orientation
- about-faceFull directional reversal
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
pivot · regress · twist · withdraw · heel · recede · halt · undo · rebuff · spurn · swivels · reconsiders · has second thoughts · recall · revisit · path · spins · surrenders
- comes backreappears, reemerges, recurs, comes around
turns backpresses on
Continues despite difficulty
advances · proceeds · forges ahead · pushes forward · moves forward
turns backperseveres
Continues despite difficulty
presses on · persists · soldiers on · pushes through · follows through
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