turning back

But even by his inaugural he was preparing the nation for war: “There can be no turning back,” he somberly said.

Similar actions have been mounted on main roads throughout the region, turning back tanks and armored personnel carriers.

You don't know what kind of parent your partner will be until there's no turning back.

But once the parbuckling process begins, there is no turning back, Sloane says.

What chance will there be for turning back from a fight to the finish?

You talk, turning your face to the carriage and then turning back to the horse, to avoid an accident.

But she did not speak, and turning back to the plans, she went absorbedly over them again.

He began to walk slowly that he might not overtake them, his pride keeping him from turning back and going home some other way.

Two of our party were for turning back down the valley, but Auberry said he could see no advantage in that.

He heard me to the end, then turning back the book of "occurrences" before him, glanced through the ruled entries.