Turn+away+from

  • 51turn 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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  • 52turn 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 …

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  • 53turn off — phrasal verb Word forms turn off : present tense I/you/we/they turn off he/she/it turns off present participle turning off past tense turned off past participle turned off 1) a) [transitive] to stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by… …

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  • 54turn-off — noun 1 road that leads away from another ADJECTIVE ▪ next VERB + TURN OFF ▪ take ▪ Take the next turn off. ▪ miss, overshoot …

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  • 55From Bauhaus to Our House — Infobox Book name = From Bauhaus to Our House title orig = translator = image caption = author = Tom Wolfe illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Art criticism publisher = Farrar, Straus Giroux… …

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  • 56turn off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it. [V P n (not pron)] The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm …

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  • 57turn off — I. (Active.) 1. Dismiss, discard, turn away. 2. Deflect, divert. 3. Accomplish, perform, execute, do. 4. Give over, resign. II. (Neuter.) Be diverted, deviate from a course …

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  • 58turn aside — to turn your head or body away from someone or something so that you are no longer looking at them She looked appealingly in his direction, but he turned aside …

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  • 59turn tail — run away from trouble or danger The young boys turned tail when the farmer began to chase them from the field …

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  • 60turn tail — {v. phr.}, {informal} To run away from trouble or danger. * /When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran./ …

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