Turn+aside

  • 1turn aside — 1. To avert 2. To deviate 3. To avert the face • • • Main Entry: ↑turn * * * turn aside phrase 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… …

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  • 2turn aside — index avert, deter, detour, deviate, discourage, divert, eschew, estop, expostulate …

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  • 3turn 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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  • 4turn 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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  • 5turn aside — Avert, turn away, turn off …

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  • 6turn aside — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. avert, deflect, divert; see turn 3 , veer …

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  • 7To turn aside — 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… …

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  • 8To turn aside — 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… …

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  • 9turn aside — shift one s position to the side …

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  • 10Turn — (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 chisel, a… …

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