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  • 121turn about — I. verb Etymology: turn (I) + about, adverb intransitive verb : to face about : reverse one s position, direction, course, or policy transitive verb …

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  • 122round and round — Synonyms and related words: alternately, anticlockwise, around, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, by turns, capriciously, changeably, clockwise, counterclockwise, desultorily, erratically, every other, head over heels …

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  • 123Turn (poker) — The turn card or fourth street, in poker, is the fourth of five cards dealt to the board, constituting one face up community card that each of the players in the game can use to make up their final hand.Typically found in community card poker… …

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  • 124turn aside — Synonyms and related words: alter, ameliorate, anticipate, avert, avoid, bar, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bear off, beat off, bend, blench, blink, block, blunt, bottom out, branch off, break, change, change the bearing, check,… …

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  • 125Round table — Table Ta ble, n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board, tablet, a painting. Cf. {Tabular}, {Taffrail}, {Tavern}.] 1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab. [1913 Webster] A bagnio paved with fair… …

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  • 126round turn — A complete futures transaction (both entry and exit); for example, a sale and covering purchase, or a purchase and liquidating sale. Commissions are usually charged on a round turn basis. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary * * *    A transaction… …

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  • 127Round — This interesting name is of early medieval English origin, and derives from a nickname for someone considered to have a rounded , plump, figure. The name derives from the Middle English and Old French rond, rund , rotund, round, from the Latin… …

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  • 128turn out — 1) PHR V LINK If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated. [V P prep] If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me... [V P n] Sometimes… …

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