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How to sign: retrace one's course
"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back";
Similiar / Same: backtrack, double back
Categories: come back, get back, go back, return
How to sign: go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules";
Similiar / Same: revert, retrovert, regress, return
Categories: change by reversal, reverse, turn
Within this category: recover, relapse, resile
How to sign: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
"Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers";
Similiar / Same: chase away, drive out, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
Within this category: banish, clear the air, fire, frighten, shoo off
