turn back

turn back
1. intransitive verb
1) (retreat, lit. or fig.) umkehren; kehrtmachen (ugs.)

there can be no turning back — es gibt kein Zurück od. keinen Weg zurück

2) (in book etc.) zurückgehen
2. transitive verb
1) (cause to retreat) zurückweisen; zurückschlagen [Feind]
2) (fold back) zurückschlagen [Bettdecke, Teppich]; herunterschlagen [Kragen]
* * *
(to (cause to) go back in the opposite direction: He got tired and turned back; The travellers were turned back at the frontier.) umkehren (lassen)
* * *
turn back
I. vi
1. (return to starting point) umkehren, [wieder] zurückgehen; (fig)
there's no \turn backing back now! jetzt gibt es kein Zurück [mehr]!
2. (in book) zurückblättern
II. vt
to \turn back back ⇆ sb jdn zurückschicken; (at the frontier) jdn zurückweisen
2. (fold)
to \turn back back ⇆ sth bedcover etw zurückschlagen
to \turn back the corner of a page back ein Eselsohr in eine Seite machen
to \turn back back ⇆ the clocks die Uhren zurückstellen
to \turn back back time (fig) die Zeit zurückdrehen
* * *
turn back
A v/t
1. zur Rückkehr veranlassen, umkehren lassen
2. academic.ru/77118/turn_down">turn down A 3
3. eine Buchseite etc umknicken
4. die Uhr zurückdrehen: clock1 A 1
B v/i
1. zurück-, umkehren
2. zurückgehen
3. zurückblättern (to auf akk)
* * *
1. intransitive verb
1) (retreat, lit. or fig.) umkehren; kehrtmachen (ugs.)

there can be no turning back — es gibt kein Zurück od. keinen Weg zurück

2) (in book etc.) zurückgehen
2. transitive verb
1) (cause to retreat) zurückweisen; zurückschlagen [Feind]
2) (fold back) zurückschlagen [Bettdecke, Teppich]; herunterschlagen [Kragen]
* * *
v.
umkehren v.
zurück kehren v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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