What is "turn back"

vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps. 2 To return to a previous state of being. 3 (lb en transitive) To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress. 4 {lb|en|transitive}} To adjust to a previous setting. 5 (lb en transitive) To fold something back; to fold down. 6 (lb en obsolete transitive) To give back; to return.

1. v. retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" [syn: backtrack, double back]

2. go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress]

3. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]

4. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check, arrest, stop, contain, hold back]

Turn Back is an EP released by The Pillows on June 23, 2004. It contains re-recordings of song originally published between 1990 and 1996 and was part of the band's 15th anniversary releases. The cover art is based on the folktale by the Brothers Grimm Town Musicians of Bremen

Turn Back is the third studio album by the American rock group Toto. Although it achieved the band's first top-ten hit and steady sales in Japan, the album was a commercial disappointment elsewhere, failing to produce any charting singles and selling approximately 900,000 copies worldwide.

The group nearly lost their recording contract with Columbia Records but rebounded with 1982's Toto IV.

Turn Back may refer to:

• Turn Back (album), a 1981 album by Toto, or the title track
• Turn Back (EP), a 2004 EP by The Pillows
• "Turn Back" (K Koke song), 2012

"Turn Back" is a song by English rapper of Greek Cypriot descent K Koke, featuring vocals from British singer Maverick Sabre. The track was released on 23 November 2012 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. The song was released as the lead single from his upcoming debut studio album I Ain't Perfect (2013). It has peaked to number 70 on the UK Singles Chart and number 7 on the UK R&B Chart.

The song samples " Shape of My Heart" by Sting, famously sampled in " The Message" by Nas.