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retourner verbe | revolve [revolved, revolving, revolves]◼◻◻(to orbit a central point) revolve [revolved, revolving, revolves]◼◻◻(to turn on an axis) |
retourner à verbe | get on with◼◼◼(proceed with) |
retourner le fer dans la plaie verbe | rub it in◼◼◼(add insult to injury) |
retourner sa chemise verbe | tergiversate [tergiversated, tergiversating, tergiversates](to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize) |
retourner sa veste verbe | go rogue◼◼◼(switch allegiance, affiliation, or membership) turn one's coat(to turn against a previous affiliation of allegiance) |
aller-retour nom {m} | round trip [round trips]◼◼◼(a trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location) to and fro◼◼◻(a to and fro motion) return ticket◼◼◻(a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again) |
aller-retour adverbe {m} | back and forth◼◼◻(from one place to another and back again) |
bon retour phrase | have a safe trip home◼◼◼phrase |
bon retour parmi nous phrase | welcome back◼◼◼phrase |
ciseau retourné nom {m} | scissor kick(kick in football) |
courant de retour nom | undertow◼◼◼(flow of water) |
de retour adjectif | redux(redone, restored, brought back, or revisited) |
de retour à la case départ adjectif | back to square one◼◼◼(located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure) |
de retour à la case départ adverbe | back to square one◼◼◼(back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure) |
donner en retour verbe | reciprocate [reciprocated, reciprocating, reciprocates](to mutually give and take something; to interchange) |
en retour preposition | in turn◼◼◼(in response, in return) |
for example to go back pre-1960 - retourner avant 1960) adjectif | pre-(before) |
lien retour nom {m} | backlink◼◼◼(computing: a hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.) |
match aller-retour nom {m} | two-legged tienoun |
match retour nom {m} | second leg◼◼◼noun |
point de non-retour nom {m} | point of no return◼◼◼((aviation) the point in a flight when there is insufficient fuel to return to the origin) point of no return◼◼◼((idiomatic) the point when it is no longer possible to stop the process) |
s'en retourner verbe | return [returned, returning, returns]◼◼◼(to come or go back) |
se retourner verbe | turn around◼◼◼(to change to the opposite opinion or position) keel over(of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover, see also: capsize) |
se retourner contre verbe | backfire [backfired, backfiring, backfires]◼◼◼(fail) |
se retourner dans sa tombe verbe | turn in one's grave(be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased) |