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T Tdol Editor, UsingEnglish.com Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Nov 4, 2003 #1 ;-)
R RonBee Moderator Joined Feb 9, 2003 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Nov 4, 2003 #2 I suggest putting turn back here: https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/index.html (Good job, by the way.)
I suggest putting turn back here: https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/index.html (Good job, by the way.)
T Tdol Editor, UsingEnglish.com Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Nov 4, 2003 #3 I agree. Thanks. ;-)
1364 Member Joined Apr 27, 2005 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran Oct 25, 2005 #4 Hi, would ya plz tell me the difference between "return" & "turn back"? thanks;-)
T Tdol Editor, UsingEnglish.com Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Oct 25, 2005 #5 If you turn back, you didn't reach your destination.
C cassie New member Joined Nov 15, 2005 Nov 17, 2005 #6 1364 said: Hi, would ya plz tell me the difference between "return" & "turn back"? thanks;-) Click to expand... 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.
1364 said: Hi, would ya plz tell me the difference between "return" & "turn back"? thanks;-) Click to expand... 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.
D Daruma Senior Member Joined May 30, 2008 Member Type Student or Learner Jun 23, 2009 #7 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.
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.