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Phrase(s): fold back
[for a sheet of something] to bend back. • The cloth folded back, revealing the faded upholstery below. • The top page folded back, revealing a neatly typed manuscript., Phrase(s): fold something back
to bend a sheet or flap of something back. • She very carefully folded the page back to mark her place in the book. • She folded back the page to mark her place in the book. • The surgeon folded the flap of skin back, revealing the torn ligament.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs