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A chance or opportunity.
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A change of direction, motion, or position: Make a left turn at the corner.
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A characteristic mood, style, or habit; a natural inclination: an inquisitive turn of mind.
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A deed or action having a good or bad effect on another: "He thought some friend had done him an ill turn” ( Stephen Crane).
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idiom
At every turn In every place; at every moment.
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By turns One after another; alternately: "From the ... testimony emerges a man by turns devious and honest, vulgar and gallant, scatterbrained and shrewd” ( Life).
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In turn In the proper order or sequence.
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Out of turn At an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner: The student was reprimanded for speaking out of turn.
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Out of turn Not in the proper order or sequence.
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verb-transitive
Slang To perform (an act of prostitution): turning tricks.
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To affect or change the color of: Autumn turns the green leaves golden.
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To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement: turned the iron to a hotter setting.
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To blunt or dull (the edge of a cutting instrument).
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To cause (a scale) to move up or down so as to register weight: Even a feather will turn a delicate scale.
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verb-intransitive
To attack suddenly and violently with no apparent motive: The lion turned on the animal trainer.
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To be formed on a lathe: a softwood that turns easily.
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To be stocked and sold: This merchandise will turn easily.
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To become dull or blunt by bending back. Used of the edge of a cutting instrument.
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To change color: The leaves have turned.
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phrasal-verb
Turn away To avert; deflect: turned away all criticism.
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Turn away To repel: The poor location of the house turned away prospective buyers.
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Turn away To send away; dismiss: turned away the clerk.
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Turn back To drive back and away: turned back the uninvited comers.
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Turn back To halt the advance of: turned back the advancing army.
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