Check and Turn back

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Check verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.

Usage example: a tree finally checked the skidding car

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Turn back is a synonym for check. In some cases you can use "Turn back" instead a verb "Check".

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

Turn back verb - Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.

Usage example: Turn back the tide of communism

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Check is a synonym for turn back. You can use "Check" instead a verb "Turn back".

If you put a gun down for half a second, turn around, then turn back, you check it again.

Source: Properly Paranoid

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