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  • 81take turns — ► take turns (or take it in turns) (of two or more people) do something alternately or in succession. Main Entry: ↑turn …

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  • 82take somebody through something — ˌtake sb ˈthrough sth derived to help sb learn or become familiar with sth, for example by talking about each part in turn • The director took us through the play scene by scene. • I still don t understand the contract. Can you take me through it …

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  • 83turn selfishly to one's own account — index exploit (take advantage of) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 84turn in someone — turn in (someone) to take or report someone to the police or other authority. I would feel very nervous about turning in my neighbors to the police. He learned that the police were looking for him and turned himself in …

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  • 85turn in — (someone) to take or report someone to the police or other authority. I would feel very nervous about turning in my neighbors to the police. He learned that the police were looking for him and turned himself in …

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  • 86turn down — [v] reject decline, disapprove, dismiss, rebuff, refuse, reprobate, repudiate, say no, scorn, spurn, throw out; concepts 18,54 Ant. accept, ok, take …

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  • 87turn pro — phrase to start to play a sport as a job Thesaurus: to take part in a competition or gamesynonym Main entry: pro …

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  • 88turn — v 1. rotate, spin, revolve, Archaic. trundle; swivel, pivot, wheel, caracole; roll, rev, twirl, twiddle, crank; reel, circumvolve, circumrotate, gyre; gyrate, circle, whirl, circumduct; swirl, eddy, circulate, move in circles, go round; (of the… …

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  • 89turn — /tɜn / (say tern) verb (t) 1. cause to move round on an axis or about a centre; rotate: to turn a wheel. 2. to cause to move round or partly round, as for the purpose of opening, closing, tightening, etc.: to turn a key. 3. to reverse the… …

  • 90take turns — verb do something in turns (Freq. 2) We take turns on the night shift • Syn: ↑alternate • Derivationally related forms: ↑alternation (for: ↑alternate) …

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