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04-Nov-2003, 22:53
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I suggest putting
turn back
here:
http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...rbs/index.html
(Good job, by the way.)
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I agree. Thanks.
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Re: Turn
Hi,
would ya plz tell me the difference between
"return"
&
"turn back"
?
thanks
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25-Oct-2005, 07:26
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Re: Turn
If you turn back, you didn't reach your destination.
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17-Nov-2005, 08:54
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Re: Turn
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Originally Posted by
1364
Hi,
would ya plz tell me the difference between
"return"
&
"turn back"
?
thanks
turn back" to return in the direction you have come from, or to make someone do this:
We're lost - we'll have to turn back.
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23-Jun-2009, 04:33
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Re: Turn
turn
back
turn sb/sth
back
to return the way you have come; to make sb/sth do this:
The weather became so bad that they had to turn back.
(
figurative
)
We said we would do it—there can be no turning back.
Our car was turned back at the border.
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