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fra: retourner

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Meaning
means(verb) go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
return
means(verb) go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
return, turn back, regress, retrovert, revert
means(verb) turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake"
swing about, swing around, turn around
means(verb) give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
get, make
means(verb) retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
double back, turn back, backtrack
means(verb) change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
revolutionise, revolutionize, overturn
means(verb) turn inside out or upside down
reverse, turn back, invert
means(verb) overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"
turn turtle, turtle, capsize
means(verb) cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
revolve, roll
means(verb) turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
revolve, go around, rotate
means(verb) cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
turn
means(verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
recuperate, go back, recover
means(verb) return in thought or speech to something
go back, recur
means(verb) cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
turn
means(verb) change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
turn, change by reversal, reverse
means(verb) end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
yield, give way
means(verb) go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
flip out, flip

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