turn back

turn back
a) To reverse direction and retrace ones steps.

Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back to the office.

b) To return to a previous state of being.

He stopped drinking for a couple of years, but now he has turned back to his old ways


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  • turn|back — «TURN BAK», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who retreats or gives up an enterprise; quitter. 2. that part of anything that is folded or turned back: »He spread his hands on his chest, and touched the turnback of the sheet, and then the blanket… …   Useful english dictionary

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