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turning one's back onphrasepresent participle of turn one's back on to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree toDespite encouragement from his teachers, he turned his back on college. balking (at), declining, deselecting, disapproving, negativing, nixing, passing, passing up, refusing, rejecting, reprobating, repudiating, spurning, throwing out, throwing over, turning down blowing off, disdaining, rebuffing, scorning, scouting, shooting downoverruling, vetoingforbidding, prohibiting, proscribingdismissing, ignoringabstaining (from), forbearing, refraining (from)denying, disavowing, disclaiming, disputing, gainsayingstickingabjuring, forswearing(also foreswearing), recanting, renouncing, retracting, taking back, unsaying, withdrawingavoiding, bypassing, detouringcontradicting, denying, disowning, negatingcontroverting, disagreeing (with), disproving, disputing, rebutting, refutingbacking down, backing off, backtrackingdisallowing, recalling, reneging, revoking accepting, agreeing (to), approving condoning, countenancing, swallowing, toleratingadopting, embracing, receiving, taking, welcomingacceding, acquiescing, agreeing, assenting, consentingchoosing, handpicking, selectingespousing, supporting |