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21turn — turn1 W1S1 [tə:n US tə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(your body)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(direction)¦ 4¦(move around central point)¦ 5¦(change)¦ 6¦(attention/thoughts)¦ 7 turn your back (on somebody/something) 8¦(age/time)¦ 9 turn something inside out …
22turn — verb 1》 move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis. ↘twist or sprain (an ankle). 2》 move into a different position, especially so as to face the opposite direction. ↘change or cause to change direction. ↘(of the… …
23round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …
24turn about — Synonyms and related words: alternately, au pair, break back, by turns, change back, come about, consecutively, convert, cry back, do a flip flop, do an about face, even, evert, every other, exchangeably, fetch about, flip flop, go about, go back …
25turn around — or turn round 1) see turn 1) 2) PHR V ERG If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction. [V n P] Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond... [ …
26turn around — Synonyms and related words: break back, change back, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, come about, convert, crank, cry back, do a flip flop, do an about face, evert, fetch about, flip flop, go about, go around, go back, go round,… …
27turn — turn1 [ tɜrn ] verb *** ▸ 1 change position ▸ 2 change direction ▸ 3 make circular movement ▸ 4 do/become something else ▸ 5 become particular age ▸ 6 move page to other side ▸ 7 about stomach ▸ 8 milk: become sour ▸ 9 affect game/fight ▸ 10… …
28turn around — phrasal verb turn around or turn round Word forms turn around : present tense I/you/we/they turn around he/she/it turns around present participle turning around past tense turned around past participle turned around 1) British… …
29round on — phrasal 1. : to inform against : betray 2. : to turn against (a friend or ally) in anger or hostility : assail she rounded on him fiercely Kathleen Freeman was always rounding on his own side on the eve of victory L.B.Nicolson * * * round on To… …
30turn tail — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, clear out, come about, cut and run, decamp, depart, desert, elope, fetch about, flee, fly, fugitate, go AWOL, go about, heel, jump, jump bail, levant, make off, pivot, pivot …
