Returning and Turn back

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Returning adjective - Tending to be turned back.

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

Nearby Words: return, returned, returnable, returner

Turn back verb - To drive back.

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Returning is a synonym for turn back. Sometimes you can replace term "Returning" with "Turn back", this verbs are similar.

Greed overcomes them and they turn back to lay as many eggs as possible before returning to town.

Source: Webcomic / What Birds Know
As this Tropers friend said, most pleasant part of climbing in Himalaya is "this moment while returning, when you turn back towards he mountain and realise that you are no longer up there"

Source: Macho Masochism

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