Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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turn back | No | No | Yes | No |
run off | No | No | Yes | No |
turn back (verb) | run off (verb) |
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go back to a previous state | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff |
turn inside out or upside down | reproduce by xerography |
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings |
retrace one's course | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry |
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
run away secretly with one's beloved | |
run off as waste |