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Engelsk udsagnsord: turn back | |||
| 1. | turn back (om bevægelse) retrace one's course | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | backtrack, double back | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | return | ||
| 2. | turn back (om ændring) go back to a previous state | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We reverted to the old rules. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | regress, retrovert, return, revert | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | fall back, go back, lapse, recidivate, recover, recuperate, regress, relapse, resile, retrogress | ||
| 3. | turn back (om bevægelse) force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Drive away potential burglars. Drive away bad thoughts. Dispel doubts. The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | displace, move | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | banish, clear the air, fire, frighten, shoo, shoo away, shoo off | ||
| Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | drive out, force out, rouse, rout out | ||
| 4. | turn back (om konkurrence) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Arrest the downward trend. Check the growth of communism in South East Asia. Contain the rebel movement. Turn back the tide of communism. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | defend | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | cut down, cut out | ||
| 5. | turn back (om ændring) turn inside out or upside down | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | invert, reverse | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | alter, change, modify | ||
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