Sentence:  Gen. Maxwell Taylor 's statement in Saigon that he is `` very much encouraged '' about the chances of the pro-Western government of Viet Nam <WSD>turning</WSD> back Communist guerrilla attacks comes close to an announcement that he will not recommend dispatching United States troops to bolster the Vietnamese Army . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings