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turn back meaning in Urdu

پلٹنا

turn back in Urdu: پلٹنا. In English, turn back means to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.

Urdu words for turn back

پلٹنا

English meaning of turn back

  1. verb To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
  2. verb To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
  3. verb To return to a previous state of being.
  4. verb To prevent, or refuse to allow, passage or progress.

Full definition of turn back

turn back in a sentence

  • Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back and re-entered the office.
  • The barrage of machine-gun fire turned back the encroaching soldiers.
  • He stopped drinking for a couple of years, but now he has turned back to his old ways.

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Questions about turn back in Urdu

What is the meaning of turn back in Urdu?
Turn back in Urdu is پلٹنا.
turn back کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Turn back: پلٹنا.
What does turn back mean in English?
Turn back means to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: turn back (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: turn back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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