turn
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turn |
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Charybdis, Platonic form, Platonic idea, S-curve, a thing for, aberrancy, aberration,
about-face, about ship, access, acciaccatura, accommodation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, act of grace, act of
kindness, acta, action, activate, adapt, adaptation, addle, adjustment, adventure, advert to, aesthetic form, affinity, afterpiece, agiotage, aim,
aim at, air, airing, alienate, all the time, alter, alteration, alternate, alternately, always, ambit, amble, ameliorate, amelioration, an ear for, an eye for, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anchor watch, and wane, angle, angle off, animus, apostasy, appeal to, appear, apply, apply to, appoggiatura, aptitude, aptness, arabesque, arbitrage, arc, arch, archetype, arise, arouse,
arrive, arsis, art form, assail, assemble, asymmetry,
at every turn, attack, attend,
avert, axe, back and fill,
backing, backsliding, bad turn,
balk, bate, be changed,
be contingent on, be converted into, be here again, be hostile to, be renewed, bear, bear away,
bear off, bear to starboard, bearing,
beat, beat about, beat back, beat it, become, bend, bend back, bend to, bending, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, bent,
betray, betterment, bias, bit, blessing, block, blow, blunt, bolt, boon, bore,
bottom out, bout, bow, bowing, box off, branch off, branching off, break, break back, bring about, bring out, bring over, bring round, bring to light, brow,
buckle, buckle down, build, bump, business deal, buying in,
by turns, cadence, cadenza,
call off, campaign, cant, cant round, capacity for, capsize,
carriage, cashier, cast, cast about, chance, change, change back, change course, change into, change of heart, change the bearing, change the
heading, changeableness, character, chaser, check, checker, chop, chop and change, circle, circuit, circuitousness, circulate, circulation, circumrotate, circumvolute, circumvolution,
climacteric, clutch, coil, coin, color, coloratura, come, come about,
come across, come again, come and go, come around, come into, come round, come round again, come up, come up again, commercial transaction, complexion, conatus,
concern, concoct, conduce,
conduciveness, configuration, conflexure, conformation, consider, constantly, constitution, constitutional, construct, construction, constructive change,
continuity, contort, contortion, contribute, convergence of events, conversion, convert, cool off,
corkscrew, corner, countenance, coup, course, courtesy, crack, crank, create, crinkle, crisis,
critical juncture, critical point, crook, crookedness, crop up, crossroads, crucial period, crumple, crunch, cry back, curdle, curl, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser, curve, cut, cut and run, cycle, day shift,
deactivate, deal, dealings, decay, declination, decline, decurve, deed, defection, deflect, deflection, defy, degenerate, degeneration, degenerative change, delight,
deliver, demeanor, deny, depart, depart from, departure, depend, depend
on, depress, derange, deteriorate, deterioration, determine, detorsion, detour, detract, develop, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diastole, diathesis, difference, diffract, diffuse, dig up, digress, digression, direct, direction, directionize, disaffect, disclose, discompose, discontinue, discontinuity,
discover, discursion, disedge,
disenchant, disenchantment, disgust, disillusion, dismiss, disorder, disperse, displease, dispose, disposition, disproportion, disservice, distort, distortion, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversification,
diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divertimento, divertissement, division, dizzy round, do a
flip-flop, do an about-face, dogleg, dogwatch, doing, doings, dome, double, double a point, downbeat, draw the teeth, dress, drift, drifting, drive, drive back, dull, eagerness, ebb and flow, eccentricity, eddy, effort, eject,
embellishment, embow, emergency,
employ, endeavor, energize, enterprise, epilogue, equip, equity capital, errantry, eventuate, everywhere, evict, evolve, exchange, excite,
excursion, excursus, exigency,
exode, exodus, exorbitation, expedition, expel, exploit,
expose, expository scene, express,
extinguish, extremity, fabricate, face, facial appearance, faculty, fait accompli, fancy, fascination, fashion, favor, feat, feature, features, feeling for, felicity,
fend off, fetch about, figuration,
figure, finale, find, finger, fioritura, fire, fit, fit out, fitting, fix, fix on, flair, flection, flee, flex, flexure, flier,
flight, flip-flop, flop, flounder, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, forced march,
form, format, formation, formulate, frame, fright, full circle, full time, garb, geanticline, genius, genius for, genre, geosyncline,
gest, gift for, gimmick,
give back, give in, gnarl, go, go about, go around, go back, go bad, go into, go off, go round, go through phases, go to bed, go to sleep, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, grace note, gradual change, grain,
grand tour, graveyard shift, guise,
gurge, gybe, gyrate,
gyration, gyre, hairpin, hairpin turn, half time, hand, hand in, hand over, handiwork, hang, happen,
hark back, harm, haul around,
have a tendency, have recourse to, head, heave round, heel, hike, hinge, hinge on, hit upon, hoke act, hold a heading, hold on, hook, hump, hunch, idiosyncrasy, imbalance, impassion,
impression, improperly, improve, improvement, imprudently, in
rotation, in succession, in turn, inappropriately, incidental, incidental note, inclination, incline, incurvate, incurve, indirection, indiscreetly, individualism, inflect, inflection, inform on, injury, innate aptitude, inner form, inning, innings, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermit, interpretation, intort, introduction, inverse, invert, irregularity, jar, jaunt, jibe, job, jolt, journey, junket,
keel over, kick out, kidney, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, knack, knock
over, knot, knuckle down, labor of love, lap, lapse, layout, lead, lean, leaning, level at, liability, liking, lineaments, lines, liquidation, lobster trick, long mordent, look to, looks, loop, lopsidedness, lurch, maelstrom, make, make
over, make up, makeup, maneuver, manner, manufacture, march, matrix, meander,
measure, meet, meliorate, melioration, mental set, merchandise, mercy, mettle, mien, mind-set, mind, miss stays, mitigate, mitigation, mitzvah, modality, mode, model, modification, modify, modulate, modulation, mold, mordent, moulder, move, mush, mutate,
mutation, mutiny, mutual affinity,
mutual attraction, nature, nauseate, negotiation, night shift, number, obligation, oblique, obliquity, obtund, occur, offend, offer, office, operation, opportunity, orbit,
ornament, oscillate, oust, out of order, out of turn, outing, overt act, overthrow, overtime, overturn, oxbow, package deal, package tour, parade, parry, part time, partiality, pass, pass into, passage, pattern, penchant,
pendulate, peregrination, pererration, performance, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, physiognomy,
pick up, pilgrimage, pinch, pirouette, pitch in, pivot, pivot about, place, pleasure trip, plunge, ply, point, point at, point
to, ponder over, pop up, port,
posture, pralltriller, predilection,
predisposition, preference, prejudice, presence, present, prevent, probability, proceeding, proclivity, produce, production, proffer, profit taking, progress, prologue, promenade, proneness, propensity, prototype, prove, pull, pulsate, pulse, push, put, put about, put back,
put off, put out, put together, putrefy, qualification, quirk, radical change, ramble, rambling, rat race, re-creation, readiness, realignment, reappear, rebel, rebuff,
recidivation, recidivism, reciprocally, reclamation, reconversion, recur, recurve, redesign, redound to, reel, refashion, refer to, reflect, reflection, reflex, reform, reformation, refract, refuse, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, reject, relapse, relate to, relay, relief, remaking, remodel, renewal,
reoccur, reorganize, repeat,
repel, repress, repulse, res gestae, reshape, reshaping,
resort to, restitution, restoration, restructuring, result, retire, retrocession, retroflex, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, retund,
return, returning, reveal,
reversal, reverse, reversion, revert, reverting, revival, revive, revivification, revolt, revolution, revolve, revulsion, rick, ride,
rig out, right-about, ring the changes, roll, roll around, rot, rotate, rotation, roulade, round, round a bend, round a corner, round a point,
round trade, round trip, rounds, routine, rub, rubberneck tour, run, run away, sack,
safari, sag, sally, saunter, say, scallop, scalping, scare, scatter, scene, schlep, scoot, scram, screw, seesaw, seizure, sell,
sensitivity to, sequentially, series, serpentine, serve, service, set, set in motion,
set toward, set upon, shape,
sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shock, shoot, shot, show a tendency, show up, shtick, shuffle, sicken, sight on, significant form, single mordent, sinuosity, skedaddle,
sketch, skew, skit, slant, slew, slink, slipping back, slue, snake, soft spot, song and dance, sour, speculation, spell,
spin, spiral, split schedule,
split shift, spoil, spot sale, sprain, spring, stagger, stalk, stamp, stance,
stand-up comedy act, stand, start,
start up, steer, step, stimulate, stint, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, stop, strain, strait, straying, streak, stretch, stripe,
striptease, stroke, stroll, structure, stunt, style, submit, successively, sudden change, sunrise watch, surface, surge, surprise, surrender, susceptibility, swag, sway,
sweep, swerve, swerving, swing, swing round, swing shift, swing the stern, swinging, swirl, switch, switch off, switch on, swivel, sympathy, systole, tack, take a turn, take off, take turns, take up, talent, teeter-totter, teeter, tell on, temper,
temperament, tend, tend to go,
tendency, tender, tenor, terminate, thesis, thing, thing done, thrill, throw about, throw out, thwart, time, time at bat, titillate, tone, torsion, tortuosity, total change, totter, tour, tour de force, tour of duty, train,
train upon, traipse, traits, tramp, transaction, transform,
transition, transplace, transpose,
trek, trend, trick, trip, tropism, trudge, turn a corner, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn against, turn around, turn aside, turn away, turn awry, turn back, turn down, turn for, turn in, turn into, turn of mind, turn of work, turn off, turn on, turn out, turn over, turn round, turn tail, turn the corner, turn to,
turn turtle, turn up, turn upon, turn upside down, turnabout, turning, turning point, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, type, unbalance, uncover,
undergo a change, undertaking, undo,
undulate, unearth, unhinge, unsettle, unsymmetry, upbeat, upheaval, upset, use, vacillate, variation,
variety, vary, vault, veer, veer around, venture, venture capital, verge, vibrate, violent change, visage, volte-face, vortex, voyage, walk, walking tour, wamble, wandering, warp, watch, waver, wax, way,
weaken, weakness, wear, wear ship, weave, whack, wheel, wheel about, wheel around,
whip, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, willingness, wind, withdraw, wobble, work, work shift, work toward, work up, works, worm, worsen, worsening, wrench, wrest,
wring, writhe, wrong, yaw, yield, zigzag
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good turn |
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act of grace, act of kindness, benefaction,
benefit, benevolence, benignity, blessing, courtesy, favor, good deed, good offices, grace, kind deed, kind offices, kindly
act, kindness, labor of love, mercy, mitzvah, obligation, office, service, turn
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in turn |
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alternately, au pair, by stages, by turns, consecutively, even, every other, exchangeably, hand running, hierarchically,
in Indian file, in a chain, in a line, in a
row, in a series, in column, in exchange, in file, in order, in return, in rotation, in sequence, in series, in single file, in succession, in turns, make and break, mutually, off and on, progressively, reciprocally, round and round, running, sequentially, serially, seriatim, step by step, successively, to and fro, turn about, up and down
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toss and turn |
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be vigilant, blunder, careen, career, count sheep, falter, fidget, flip out, flounce, flounder, flutter,
freak out on, get high on, glow, go pitapat, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, jerk, keep alert, labor, lurch, palpitate, pant, pitch, pitch and plunge, plunge, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, rock,
roll, seethe, shake, shiver, squirm, stagger, stay awake, struggle, stumble, sway, swell, swell with emotion, swing, thrash about,
thrill, thrill to, throb,
tingle, tingle with excitement, toss,
toss and tumble, totter, tremble,
tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wallop,
wallow, welter, wiggle, wriggle, writhe
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turn about |
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alternately, au pair, break back, by turns, change back, come about, consecutively,
convert, cry back, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, even, evert, every other, exchangeably, fetch about, flip-flop, go about, go back, hand running, hark back, heel, in Indian file, in a chain, in a line, in a row,
in a series, in column, in exchange, in
file, in return, in rotation, in single file,
in succession, in turn, in
turns, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, make and break, mutually, off and on, pivot, pivot about, progressively, pronate, put about, reciprocally, resupinate, reverse, revolve, rotate, round, round and round, running, sequentially, serially, seriatim, spin, step by step, successively, supinate, swing, swing round, swivel, to and fro, transpose, turn, turn around, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn round, turn tail,
turn the scale, turn the tables, turn upside down, up and down, veer, veer around, wheel, wheel about, whirl
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turn around |
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break back, change back, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, come about, convert, crank,
cry back, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, evert, fetch about, flip-flop, go about, go around, go back, go round, gyrate, gyre, hark back, heel, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, pirouette, pivot, pivot about, pronate, put about, resupinate, reverse, revolve, rotate, round, screw, spin, supinate, swing, swing round, swivel, transpose, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn round, turn tail, turn the scale, turn the tables,
turn upside down, twist, veer, veer around, wamble, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind
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turn aside |
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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, checker,
chill, chop, chop and change,
come about, come around, come round, cool, counter, cringe, curve, damp, dampen, debar, deflect,
degenerate, depart, depart from, deter, deteriorate, detour, deviate, digress,
disaffect, discourage, dishearten,
disincline, disinterest, distract, divagate, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divert,
dodge, draw aside, draw back,
drive back, duck, ease off, edge off, estop, evade, exclude, excurse, fade, fall back, fend, fend off, flinch, flop,
fly off, forbid, foreclose,
forestall, gee, get sidetracked,
glance, glance off, go astray,
go off, hang back, haul around,
haw, head off, heel, help, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, improve, indispose, jib, jibe, keep at bay, keep from, keep off, make way for, maunder, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, move aside, mutate, obstruct, obviate, parry, preclude, prevent,
prohibit, pull back, push back, put back, put off, quail, quench, ramble,
rebuff, recoil, reel back,
repel, repulse, retreat, revive, rule out, save, sheer, sheer off,
shift, shove aside, shrink,
shrink back, shunt, shy,
shy off, side, sidestep,
sidetrack, sidle, start aside,
start back, stave off, steer
clear of, step aside, stop, stray, swerve, switch, tack, take a turn, trend, turn, turn away, turn back, turn from, turn into, turn off, turn the corner, undergo a change, vary,
veer, veer off, wander,
ward off, warp, wean from,
weasel, weasel out, wince,
worsen
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turn away |
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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, disclaim, discount, discourage, disdain, disincline, disinterest, dismiss, disown, disregard, distract, divert, draw aside, ease off, edge off,
except, exclude, fly off,
forswear, gee, give the air,
give the gate, glance, glance
off, go off, haw, head off, hustle out, ignore, indispose, jib, make way for, move aside,
pack off, pass by, pass up, push aside, put off, quench, rebuff, recant,
refuse, refuse to consider, reject,
renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, scout, send away, send off, send packing, sheer off, shove aside, shove away, show the door,
show the gate, shunt, shy,
shy off, side, sidestep,
sidetrack, sidle, spurn, steer clear of, step aside, switch, throw away, throw
out, turn aside, turn back, turn
from, turn off, turn out, veer
off, waive, wean from
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turn away from |
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abandon, avert the eyes, avoid, brush aside, brush off, cold-shoulder, dismiss, drop the subject,
fight shy of, forget, forget about it, forget it, give place to, high-hat, hold aloof, keep aloof, keep away from, keep clear of, keep from, keep hands off, keep remote from, lay aside, let alone, let it go,
let slip, look another way, look aside, look away, make way for, not meddle with, not receive,
not touch, push aside, put aside, rebuff, repulse, set aside, shrug off, shun,
sneeze at, snub, stand aloof, stay detached from, steer clear of, stop looking, think nothing of, thrust aside, upstage
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turn back |
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about ship, assimilate to, avert, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat back, become, box off, break, break back, bring about, bring round, bring to, brush off, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change back, change course, change into, change over, change the heading, chase, chase away,
chase off, come about, come
again, come back, come home, come up again, convert, cry back, cut, dismiss, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, do over, double, double a point, double back, draw aside, drive away, drive back, ease off, echo, edge off, fend off, fetch about, flip-flop, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go about, go back, go home, go off, gybe,
hark back, haw, head off, heave round, hold off, jib, jibe, jibe all standing, keep coming,
keep off, make, make over, make way for, miss stays, move aside, naturalize, pack off, ply,
push back, put about, put back, react, reappear, rebuff, reconvert, recur, reduce to, refuse, render, reoccur, repeat, repel, repulse, resolve into, resound, resume, return, reverberate, reverse, revert, round a point, send away, send off, send packing, sheer, sheer off, shift,
shove aside, shunt, shy,
shy off, side, sidestep,
sidetrack, sidle, slew, snub, spurn, steer clear of, step aside, swerve,
swing round, swing the stern, switch, switch over, tack, throw about, thrust back, transform, turn, turn about, turn around, turn aside, turn away, turn into, veer, veer off, ward off, wear, wear ship, wind, yaw
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turn down |
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be unmoved, be unwilling, beg off, convert, decline, decline to accept, disagree, disallow, disapprove, disclaim, dismiss, dissent, evert, hold out against, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, negate, negative, not buy, not consent, not hear of, not think of, pronate, refuse,
refuse consent, reject, reprobate,
repudiate, resist entreaty, resist persuasion, resupinate, reverse, revolve, rotate, say nay, say no, spurn, stand aloof, supinate, transpose, turn about, turn around, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn the scale,
turn the tables, turn upside down, vote nay, vote negatively
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turn in |
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bed, betray, convert, crash, crawl in, doss down,
double-cross, evert, flop, hit the hay, hit the sack, inform on, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, kip down, let down, pronate, resupinate, reverse,
revolve, roll in, rotate, sack out, sack up, sell out,
supinate, transpose, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn upside down, two-time
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turn inside out |
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comb, convert, evert,
introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, look all over, look everywhere, pronate, rake, ransack, resupinate, reverse, revolve, rifle, rotate, rummage, scour, search high heaven, shake, shake down, supinate,
toss, transpose, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn out, turn
over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn upside down
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turn into |
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English, alter, alter into,
ameliorate, assimilate to, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, become, bottom out, break, bring to,
change, change into, change over, checker, chop, chop and change, come about, come around, come round, come round to, come to be, construe, convert, degenerate, deteriorate, deviate, diverge, diversify, do over, evolve into, fall into, flop, get, get to be, go,
grow, haul around, improve,
jibe, lapse into, make,
make over, meliorate, melt into,
mitigate, modulate, mutate, naturalize, open into, pass
into, reconvert, reduce to, render, resolve into, reverse, revive, ripen into, run into, settle into, shift, shift into, swerve, switch, switch over, tack, take a turn, transcribe, transform, translate, transliterate, turn, turn aside, turn back, turn the corner, turn to, undergo a change, vary, veer, warp, worsen
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turn off |
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amplify, ax, blunt, boot, boot out, bounce, bow out, break, bump, bundle, bundle off,
bust, can, cashier, charge, chill, close, cool, cut, damp, dampen, deflect,
defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, deter, disaffect, disbar, discharge, discourage,
disemploy, disincline, disinterest,
dismiss, displace, displume,
distract, divert, drop, drum out, electrify, energize, expel, fire,
furlough, galvanize, generate, gibbet, give the air, give the ax, give the gate, hustle out, indispose,
kick, kick out, kick upstairs, kill, lay off, let go, let out, loop in, make redundant, noose, pack off, pension off, plug in, put off, quench, read out of, release, remove, repel, replace,
retire, sack, scrag, send away, send off, send packing, separate forcibly, shock, short-circuit, short, show the door, show the gate,
shut, shut down, shut off, step down, step up, stiffen, string up, strip, superannuate, surplus, suspend, switch off, switch on, terminate, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn on, turn out, unfrock, wean from
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turn on |
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accrue from, amplify, annoy, arise from, arouse, awake, awaken, be based on, be contingent
on, be dependent on, be due to, be predicated on, blow the coals, blow up, bring up, broach, bud from, call forth, call up, charge, christen,
come from, come out of, depend, depend on, derive from, descend from,
electrify, emanate from, emerge from, energize, enkindle, enrage, ensue from, establish, excite, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame,
feed the fire, fidget, fire,
flame, flip out, float, flow from, flutter, follow from,
foment, found, freak out on,
frenzy, galvanize, generate, germinate from, get high on, glow, go pitapat, grow from, grow out
of, hang, hang on, have the fidgets,
have the shakes, heat, heave,
hinge, hinge on, impassion,
inaugurate, incense, incite, induct, inflame, infuriate, initiate, install,
institute, introduce, issue from,
jerk, key up, kindle, lather up, launch, lie on, lie with, lift up, light the fuse, light up, loop in, madden, move, originate in, overexcite, palpitate, pant, pique, plug in, proceed from, quake, quaver, quiver, raise, raise up, rest, rest on, rest with, revolve on, ring in, rouse, set agoing, set astir, set fire to, set on fire, set on foot, set up, shake, shiver, shock, short-circuit, short, spring from, sprout from,
squirm, stand on, start going,
start up, steam up, stem from,
step down, step up, stiffen, stir, stir the blood, stir the
embers, stir the feelings, stir up, summon up, swell, swell with emotion, switch off, switch on, thrill, thrill to,
throb, tingle, tingle with excitement,
toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn off, turn on to, turn upon, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, usher in, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm the blood, whip up, wiggle, work into, work up, wriggle, writhe
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turn out |
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abjure, accouter, appoint,
arise, arm, attain fulfillment,
attend, be so, be such, bear, become of, boot, boot out, bounce, break, brush aside, bump, bust,
can, caparison, cashier, cast, cast out, chuck, chuck out, come about, come along, come of, come on,
come out, come through, come to pass, come true, contemn, contradict, contrive, convert, costume, deck, decline, defenestrate, defrock, degrade, demote, deny, deplume, depose, deprive,
despise, detrude, develop,
disapprove, disbar, discard, discharge, disclaim, discount, disdain, disemploy, disguise, dislodge, dismiss, disown, displace, displume, dispossess, disregard, dress, drum out, eject,
end, ensue, equip, eventuate, evert, evict,
except, exclude, expel, extrude, fall out, fare, fire, fit,
fit out, fit up, follow, forswear, furlough, furnish,
gear, get along, get by, get on, get up, give the ax, give the gate, give the hook, go along, go on, greet the day, habit, heave out, heel, hit
the deck, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, issue, jettison,
junk, kick, kick downstairs,
kick out, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, make out, make redundant, man, manage, masquerade, munition, obtrude, oust, outfit, pan out, pass by, pass up, pension off, pile out, prepare, produce, pronate, prove, prove to be, push aside, put out, read out of, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, release, remove,
renounce, repel, replace, repudiate, repulse, result, resupinate, retire, reverse, revolve, rig,
rig out, rig up, rise, roll out, rotate, sack, scout, separate forcibly, shape up, shove away, spurn, stack up, staff, strip, suit,
superannuate, supinate, surplus, suspend, terminate, throw away, throw out, throw overboard,
thrust out, toss out, transpose, turn about, turn around, turn away, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn off, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables,
turn upside down, unfold, unfrock, unhouse, uniform, unkennel,
uprise, waive, work out, yield
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turn over |
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abalienate, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, be lost, bequeath, break, brood over, capsize,
careen, carry over, cede, chaw, chew over, circulate,
close out, come across with, communicate, con over, confer, consign, convert, convert into cash, convey, crease, crimp, crisp, culbuter, cut under, deed, deed over, deliberate, deliberate
over, deliberate upon, deliver, deliver over, demise, deport, devolve upon, diffuse, digest, disseminate, distribute, dog-ear, double, double over, dump, effect a sale,
enfeoff, enfold, evert, exchange, expel, export, extradite, flounce, flute,
fold, fold over, fork over,
forward, founder, frill, gather, give, give in, give out, give over,
give title to, go down, hand,
hand down, hand forward, hand in,
hand on, hand out, hand over, impart, import, infold, interfold, introvert, intussuscept,
invaginate, inverse, invert,
job, keel, keel over, knock over, lap over, make a
sale, make over, market, meditate, meditate upon, merchandise, metastasize, metathesize, move, mull, mull over, muse on, muse over,
negotiate, overset, overthrow, overturn, pass, pass on, pass out, pass over,
pass the buck, perfuse, pitchpole, plait, plat, pleat, plicate, ply, ponder over, pronate, quill, reach, reflect over, relay, relegate, render, resell, resign, resupinate, retail, reverse, revolve, rotate, ruff, ruffle, ruminate over, run over, sacrifice, scuttle,
sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, settle, settle on, sign away, sign
over, sink, somersault, spread, subvert, supinate, surrender, switch, think over,
tip over, topple, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, trade, transfer, transfer property, transfuse,
translate, translocate, transmit,
transplace, transplant, transpose,
tuck, turn, turn a somersault,
turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn into money, turn out, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, twill, undercut,
undersell, unload, upset, upset the boat, upturn, wholesale
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turn over a new leaf |
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accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, alter, ameliorate, amend,
better, boost, break up, bring forward, change, civilize, convert, deform,
denature, diversify, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten,
enrich, fatten, favor, fit, forward, foster, go straight, improve,
improve upon, lard, lift,
make an improvement, meliorate, mend,
mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, new-model, nurture, overthrow, promote, qualify, raise, re-create,
re-form, realign, rebuild, reclaim, reconstruct, redeem, redesign, refashion, refine
upon, refit, reform, regenerate,
remake, remodel, renew, reshape, restore self-respect, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes, set straight, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, socialize, straighten out, subvert, transfigure, transform, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, upgrade, uplift, vary, work a change, worsen
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turn red |
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blanch, blush, change color,
color, color up, crimson,
darken, flame, flush, glow, grow red, look black,
mantle, pale, redden, squirm with self-consciousness, stammer, turn color, turn pale, whiten
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turn tail |
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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 about, put about, round,
run, run away, run away from,
run away with, run for it, run off, show the heels, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip the cable, spin, swing, swing round, swivel, take French
leave, take flight, take to flight, take wing, turn, turn about, turn around,
turn round, veer, veer around, wheel, wheel about, whirl
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turn the corner |
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alter, ameliorate, be
changed, be converted into, be renewed, bottom out,
brace up, break, change, checker, chop, chop and change, come about, come around, come round, convalesce, degenerate,
deteriorate, deviate, diverge, diversify, flop, gain strength, get better, haul around, improve,
jibe, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, mutate, perk up, pick up, rally,
recruit, recuperate, revive, shift, sleep it off, swerve, tack, take a turn, turn, turn aside, turn into, undergo a change, vary, veer, warp, worsen
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turn the other cheek |
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allow for, bear with, blink at, condone, connive at,
digest, disregard, down, eat, endure, ignore, leave unavenged, let it go, make allowances for, overlook, pass over, pocket, pocket the affront, regard with indulgence, stomach, swallow, swallow an insult, take, turn aside provocation, wink at
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turn the tables |
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accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, be listened to, be recognized, better, break up, change, change the preponderance, come back at, convert, counter,
deform, denature, diversify, evert, fit, gain a footing,
gain a hearing, get back at, get cozy with, get in with, give and take, give in exchange, give in return,
hit back at, improve, introvert,
intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, meliorate, mitigate, modify, modulate, move in, mutate, overthrow, pronate, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reciprocate, reconstruct, redesign, refit, reform, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, resupinate, retaliate, retort, revamp, reverse, revive,
revolve, ring the changes, rotate,
shift the scene, shuffle the cards, strike back, strike root in, subvert, supinate, take hold, take root, transpose, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the
tide, turn upside down, vary, work a change, worsen
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turn the trick |
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accomplish, achieve, attain, bring off, bring through, carry off, compass, consummate, crown with success, deal with, discharge,
dispatch, dispose of, do, do the job, do the trick, effect, effectuate, enact, execute, fetch, fulfill, get by, knock off, make,
manage, perform, polish off, produce, pull off, put across, put away, put over, put through, realize, succeed, take care of, work, work out
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turn to |
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accept, advert to, alter into, assume, attack, attempt,
attend to, be aware of, be converted into, be engrossed in, become, begin, blast away, blast off, bring into play, buckle to, change into, come round to, commence,
convert to use, dive in, dive into, drink in, embark in, embark upon,
endeavor, engage in, enlist into
service, enter on, enter upon, evolve into,
fall back upon, fall into, fall to,
get busy, get cracking, get
going, get to, get under way, get
with it, give heed to, give mind to, give thought to, go about, go ahead, go at,
go in for, go into, go to it, go upon, have at, have recourse
to, head into, hop to it, impress, jump off, jump to it, kick
off, lapse into, launch forth, launch into,
lay about, light into, look to,
melt into, move into, not forget, open into, pass into, pay attention to, pay regard to,
pitch in, pitch into, plunge into, proceed to, put in requisition, recur to, refer to, resort to, revert to, ripen into, run into, sail into, see to, send off, set
about, set at, set forward, set going, set in, set out, set sail, set to, set to work, settle into, shift into, start, start in, start off,
start out, tackle, take off,
take on, take to, take up, turn into, turn to use, undertake, venture upon, wade into
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turn up |
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abandon, accomplish, achieve, appear, appear unexpectedly, approach, arise, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, assister, attain, attain to, attend, be at,
be found, be present at, be received, be
unexpected, bechance, become manifest, become visible, befall, betide, betray itself, blow in, bob up, bring to light,
catch, cede, chance, check in, clock in, cock up, come, come across, come along, come forth, come forward, come in, come in sight, come into
being, come into existence, come on, come out, come to, come to hand, come to light, come unawares, come upon, creep up on, crop out, crop up, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover itself, disinter, do, draw on, emerge, encounter, enter, espy, excavate, exhume, expose, fade in, fall upon, ferret out, fetch, fetch up at, find, fish up, flash upon one, gain,
get in, get there, get to,
give up, go to, hand, hang out, hap, happen, happen along, happen by chance, hazard, heave in sight, hit, hit town,
issue, issue forth, look forth,
look on, loom, make, make it, materialize, meet with, outcrop, peep out, pop up, pounce upon, present itself, pull in, punch in, reach, rear its head, reveal, ring in, rise, roll in, root up, see, see the light, show,
show up, sign in, sit in,
slope up, spot, spring up,
stream forth, strike the eye, take in, time in, track down, trend upwards, uncover, unearth, upbend, upcast, upcurve, upsweep, upturn, visit, watch, witness, worm out
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turn upside down |
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accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, better, break up, capsize,
careen, change, comb, convert, culbuter, deform, denature, diversify, evert, fit, improve, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, keel over, look all over, look everywhere, meliorate, mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, overset, overthrow,
overturn, pronate, qualify,
rake, ransack, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, refit, reform, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, resupinate, revamp, reverse, revive, revolve, rifle, ring the changes, rotate, rummage, scour,
search high heaven, shake, shake down,
shift the scene, shuffle the cards, subvert, supinate, tip over, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, toss, transpose, turn a somersault, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables,
turn the tide, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, upset, upturn, vary, work a change, worsen
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break down, bring about, bring round, brow, buckle, build, bump, cadence,
cadenza, campaign, cant, carriage, cast, chance, change, change course, change of heart, character,
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come around, come round, complexion, configuration, conformation,
constitution, constitutional, contort, contortion, contribute, conversion, corkscrew, corner, corrupt, countenance, coup, course, courtesy,
crank, crinkle, crisis, critical point, crook, crossroads, crumble, crumple, crunch, curd, curdle, curl, curtain,
curtain call, curtain raiser, curve, cut, cycle, deal, dealings, decay,
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diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divertissement, dogleg, dogwatch, doing, doings, dome, double, downbeat, drift,
drive, dull, eagerness, ebb and flow, eccentricity,
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felicity, figuration, figure, finale, fit, fitting, fix, fix on,
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go around, go back, good deed, good turn, grace, grain, grand tour, gravitate, grow, guise, gurge, gyrate, gyration,
gyre, hairpin, half time, hand, handiwork, hang, hark back, head,
heel, hike, hinge, hold on, hook, hump, hunch, idiosyncrasy, imbalance, impression, improve, improvement, incidental, inclination, incline, incurve, indirection, individualism, inflect, inflection, instinct, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermit, introduction, inverse, inversion, invert, irregularity, jar, jaunt, jibe,
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makeup, maneuver, manner, march, matrix, meander, meandering, measure, meliorate, mercy, mettle, mien, mind,
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moulder, mouldy, move, mush, mutate, mutation, mutual attraction, nature, negotiation, number, obligation, oblique, office, operation, opportunity, orbit, orbiting, ornament, oscillate, outing, overt act, overthrow, overtime, package deal, package tour,
parade, part time, partiality, pass, passage, pattern, penchant, pend, performance, perish, pilgrimage, pinch, pirouette, pivot, place, plow, plunge, ply,
point, point at, point to, port, posture, power, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, presence, present, probability, proceeding, proclivity, production, progress, prologue, promenade, propensity, prototype, pry, pull,
pulsate, pulse, push, put, put about, put back, putrefy, qualification, quirk, ramble, rambling, rat, rat
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reflection, reflex, reform, reformation, refract, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relapse,
relay, relief, remaking, render, renewal, renounce, repair, repeat, repress, repudiate, restitution, restoration, retroflex, retrogression, return, reversal, reverse, reversion, revert, revival, revive, revolt, revolution, revolve, revulsion, rick, ride, roll
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scene, schlep, scrag, screw, seesaw, seizure, sensitivity to, series,
serve, service, set, shape, sheer, shift, shifting, shock,
shoot, shtick, shuffle, sicken, sight, sketch, skew, skit,
slant, slink, snake, soft spot, solicit, song and dance, sour, speculation, spell, spin, spiral, spiraling, spoil, sprain, spring, stagger, stalk, stamp,
stance, start, steer, step, stint, stockjobbing, strain, strait,
straying, streak, stretch, stripe, striptease, stroke, stroll, structure, stunt, style, succession, surge, susceptibility, swag, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swim, swing, swing shift, swinging, swirl,
switch, swivel, sympathy, systole, tack, take the edge off, talent, teeter, teeter-totter, temper, temperament, tend, tendency, tenor, tergiversate, term, thesis, thing,
throw, till, time, tone, torsion, totter, tour, tour de force,
tour of duty, train, traipse, trait, tramp, transaction, transition, translate,
transpose, trek, trend, trick, trip, tropism, trudge, turn about,
turn around, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn over,
turn tail, turn the corner, turnabout, turning, turning point,
twine, twirl, twist, type, undertaking, undulate, unhinge, unsettle, upbeat, upheaval, upset, vacillate, variation, variety, vary, vault, veer, venture,
verge, visage, voice, vortex, voyage, walk, wamble, wandering, ward, warp, watch, waver, wax, wax and wane, way, weaken, weakness, wear, whack, wheel, whirl,
whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, willingness, wince, wind, wobble, work,
work toward, works, worm, worsen, worsening, wrench, wrest, wring,
writhe, yaw, zigzag
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