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Turn Away
- verb - move so as not face somebody or something
- refuse entrance or membership; "
- refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
- turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
- turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Turn Back
- verb -
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
- go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
- retrace one''s course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
- retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
- turn inside out or upside down
Turn Down
- verb -
- make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
- refuse entrance or membership; "
- refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
- refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
- reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
- take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"
Turn Over
- verb - cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
- do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"
- move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
- place into the hands or custody of;
- place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
- think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
- turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
Turn Tail
- verb - flee; take to one''s heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Turnabout
- noun - a decision to reverse an earlier decision
- turning in the opposite direction
Turncoats
- noun - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- Traitor
Turncocks
- noun - faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
- one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
Turndowns
- noun - the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm"