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turns one's back onphrasepresent tense third-person singular 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. balks (at), declines, deselects, disapproves, negatives, nixes, passes, passes up, refuses, rejects, reprobates, repudiates, spurns, throws out, throws over, turns down blows off, disdains, rebuffs, scorns, scouts, shoots downoverrules, vetoesforbids, prohibits, proscribesdismisses, ignoresabstains (from), forbears, refrains (from)denies, disavows, disclaims, disputes, gainsayssticksabjures, forswears(also foreswears), recants, renounces, retracts, takes back, unsays, withdrawsavoids, bypasses, detourscontradicts, denies, disowns, negatescontroverts, disagrees (with), disproves, disputes, rebuts, refutesbacks down, backs off, backtracksdisallows, recalls, reneges, revokes accepts, agrees (to), approves condones, countenances, swallows, toleratesadopts, embraces, receives, takes, welcomesaccedes, acquiesces, agrees, assents, consentschooses, handpicks, selectsespouses, supports |