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11turn away from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms turn away from : present tense I/you/we/they turn away from he/she/it turns away from present participle turning away from past tense turned away from past participle turned away from turn away from something… …
12turn 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,… …
13turn away — I know you re hurt, but please don t turn us away Syn: send away, reject, rebuff, repel, cold shoulder; informal send packing …
14turn 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 …
15turn away — I. (Active.) 1. Avert, turn aside. 2. Dismiss (from service), discard, cashier, turn off. II. (Neuter.) 1. Deviate, forsake. 2. Go, depart, remove …
16turn away — verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. deflect, avert 2. a. to send away ; reject, dismiss b. repel c. to refuse admittance or acceptance to intransitive verb to start …
17turn away — distance, send away; become distanced …
18turn 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) …
19To turn away — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
20To turn away — Turn Turn, v. i. 1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man… …
