to turn on somebody
51turn a nice dollar — verb make a satisfactory profit The company turned a nice dime after a short time • Syn: ↑turn a nice dime, ↑turn a nice penny • Hypernyms: ↑profit, ↑turn a profit • Verb Frames …
52turn a nice penny — verb make a satisfactory profit The company turned a nice dime after a short time • Syn: ↑turn a nice dime, ↑turn a nice dollar • Hypernyms: ↑profit, ↑turn a profit • Verb Frames …
53turn a trick — verb have a customer, of a prostitute • Hypernyms: ↑work, ↑do work • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * turn a trick (slang, esp US) (of a prostitute) to have sex with a client • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
54turn a loss — verb fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment! The company turned a loss after the first year • Syn: ↑lose • Ant: ↑profit (for: ↑lose), ↑ …
55turn one's nose up at — {v. phr.} To scorn; snub; look down at somebody or something. * /I don t understand why Sue has to turn her nose up at everyone who didn t go to an Ivy League college./ …
56turn one's nose up at — {v. phr.} To scorn; snub; look down at somebody or something. * /I don t understand why Sue has to turn her nose up at everyone who didn t go to an Ivy League college./ …
57turn the page — verb To move on to new involvements or activities; to make a fresh start. Youve been divorced for three years. Its time to turn the page and start looking for somebody else …
58turn\ one's\ nose\ up\ at — v. phr. To scorn; snub; look down at somebody or something. I don t understand why Sue has to turn her nose up at everyone who didn t go to an Ivy League college …
59turn a deaf ear to — refuse to listen to somebody …
60turn one's stomach — verb upset and make nauseated The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman s stomach The mold on the food sickened the diners • Syn: ↑sicken, ↑nauseate • Derivationally related forms: ↑nausea (for: ↑ …
