From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishturn back phrasal verb1 RETURNto go back in the direction you came from, or to make someone or something do this It’s getting late – maybe we should turn back.turn somebody/something ↔ back The UN convoy was turned back at the border.2 to return to doing something in the way it was done before to The people are turning back to natural resources to survive. We’ve promised to help, and there’s no turning back (=you cannot change this)! → turn back the clock at clock1(3) → turn→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
turn back• Jeffries turned back to his own column. 