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turn back

How to sign: retrace one's course
"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back";

backtrack in ASL Watch how to sign backtrack in American Sign Language
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turn back in ASL Watch how to sign turn back in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: backtrack, double back

Categories: come back, get back, go back, return

turn back

How to sign: go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules";

revert in ASL Watch how to sign revert in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: revert, retrovert, regress, return

Categories: change by reversal, reverse, turn

Within this category: recover, relapse, resile

turn back

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";

dispel in ASL Watch how to sign dispel in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: chase away, drive out, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off

Categories: displace, move

Within this category: banish, clear the air, fire, frighten, shoo off

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