Answer and Turn back

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Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

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Turn back and answer are semantically related In some cases you can use "Turn back" instead a verb "Answer".

Turn back verb - To drive back.

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Answer and turn back are semantically related in respond topic. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Turn back".

But humanity is not yet ready to answer this question, so it's up to the Doctor, traveling solo, to turn back the menace if he can.

Source: Literature / Doctor Who 11 Doctors 11 Stories
This carries over in P3 FES' playable epilogue, "The Answer", where her feelings for him makes her want to turn back time and bring him back to life, despite the risks that would be involved.

Source: Ship Tease / Video Games

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