rebrousse chemin

turn back; go back the way you came

→ rebrousser

phrase Rare #45,875

turn back; go back the way you came Used when telling someone to return in the opposite direction or to go back along the same route. Often appears as an instruction or command.

FR: Nous devons rebrousse chemin à cause de la pluie.

EN: We have to turn back because of the rain.

Rebrousse chemin !

Turn back!

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau (2001)

Fais ce que je te dis, rebrousse chemin.

Do as I say: turn back.

— Pinocchio (2019)

On rebrousse chemin.

We turn back.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Rebrousse chemin.

Turn back.

— Pinocchio (2019)