Turn+away+from

  • 11turn away — Synonyms and related words: abjure, avert, bear off, blunt, bow out, brush aside, bundle, bundle off, chill, chuck, chuck out, contemn, contradict, cool, damp, dampen, decline, deflect, deny, despise, deter, disaffect, disapprove, discard,… …

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  • 12turn away — verb a) to rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee. b) to bend or turn from a fixed course …

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  • 13turn away — I. (Active.) 1. Avert, turn aside. 2. Dismiss (from service), discard, cashier, turn off. II. (Neuter.) 1. Deviate, forsake. 2. Go, depart, remove …

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  • 14turn away —    to dismiss summarily from employment    Not refusing a job to those who apply:     She said that as soon as it was known what sort of trouble she was in, she would be turned away. (Atwood, 1996 a housemaid was pregnant) …

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  • 15Then You Turn Away — Infobox Single Name = Then You Turn Away Artist = Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from Album = Sugar Tax A side = B side = Sugar Tax Released = Start date|1991|9|2 Format = 7 , Cassette single, CD Single Recorded = Genre = Synth pop Length =… …

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  • 16Never Turn Away — Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from the album Junk Culture B side Wrappup …

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  • 17turn your back on — turn away from, reject, turncoat    When he became president, he turned his back on his friends …

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  • 18turn on one's heel — Turn away from, leave, part company …

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  • 19turn — 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… …

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  • 20turn — 1 verb CHANGE DIRECTION/POSITION 1 a) YOUR BODY (I) to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction: Ricky turned and walked away. (+ around/round/away etc): I turned around quickly to see if someone was following. | Dan turned …

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