1. Home
2. Idioms
3. turn

turn

---

---

turn (away) (from someone or something)

to turn oneself to avoid someone or something. She turned away from me as I walked past, pretending not to see me. She turned from Ken and ran.

turn

1. in. to go over to the other side, as with a spy or a criminal turning into an informer. (Underworld.) Is there a chance that Bart would turn?

2. tv. to corrupt someone; to turn someone to a life of crime. Pete was trying to turn a young kid.

See:

• (one's) Venus turns out a whelp
• a bad penny always turns up
• a good turn
• a poacher turned gamekeeper
• a turn of phrase
• a turn of the screw
• a turn-up for the book(s)
• about-turn
• against
• at every turn
• bad penny always turns up
• be cooked to a turn
• be done to a turn
• beat swords into ploughshares
• Buggins' turn
• by turns
• come full circle
• come up trumps
• do (someone) a bad turn
• do (someone) a good turn
• do a 180 degree turn
• do a favor
• do a one-eighty
• do the trick
• done to a turn
• Even a worm will turn
• every time one turns around
• every time turn around
• every time turns around
• good turn
• have (someone) turned around (one's) (little) finger
• have (someone) turned round (one's) (little) finger
• I spoke out of turn
• in turn
• know which way to turn
• make (one) turn over in (one's) grave
• not know where to turn
• not know which way to turn
• One good turn deserves another
• out of turn
• poacher turned gamekeeper
• set back
• speak out of turn
• stand on its head
• take a new turn
• take a turn for the better
• take a turn for the worse
• take turn
• take turns
• take turns with
• talk out of turn
• that's a turn-up for the book(s)
• That's one for the books
• the tables are turned
• The worm has turned
• there's a turn-up for the book(s)
• tide turned
• tip the balance
• to a T
• to a turn
• toss and turn
• turn
• turn (one's) coat
• turn (one's) face to the wall
• turn (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
• turn (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
• turn (someone's) crank
• turn (something) to account
• turn a blind eye
• turn a blind eye to
• turn a corner
• turn a deaf ear
• turn a deaf ear to
• turn a hair
• turn a hair, not
• turn a phrase
• turn a place upside down
• turn a profit
• turn a trick
• turn against
• turn an honest penny
• turn around
• turn around (something)
• turn aside
• turn away
• turn back
• turn back on
• turn back the clock
• turn belly up
• turn down
• turn for the better
• turn full circle
• turn hand to
• turn head
• turn heads
• turn in
• turn in (one's) badge
• turn in grave
• turn in on oneself
• turn in one's grave
• turn inside out
• turn into
• turn into a pumpkin
• turn king's evidence
• turn loose
• turn nose up
• turn nose up at
• turn of events
• turn of phrase
• turn of the century
• turn of the screw
• turn of the tide
• turn off
• turn on
• turn on a dime
• turn on heel
• turn on its ear
• turn on its head
• turn on one's heel
• turn on the waterworks
• Turn on, tune in, drop out
• turn one’s toes up
• turn one's back on
• turn one's hand to
• turn one's head
• turn one's stomach
• turn onto
• turn onto someone/something
• turn out
• turn out all right
• turn out of
• turn out to be
• turn over
• turn over a new leaf
• turn over in mind
• turn over to
• turn some place inside out
• turn someone off
• turn someone on
• turn someone out
• turn someone upside down
• turn someone’s stomach
• turn someone’s water off
• turn something upside down
• turn state's evidence
• turn stomach
• turn tail
• turn tail and run
• turn the air blue
• turn the clock back
• turn the corner
• turn the heat up
• turn the knife
• turn the other cheek
• turn the other way
• turn the page
• turn the scale(s)
• turn the screw(s) (on someone)
• turn the tables
• turn the tables on
• turn the tide
• turn the trick
• turn the/(one's) clock(s) back
• turn the/(one's) clock(s) forward
• turn thumbs down
• turn thumbs down on someone/something
• turn thumbs up
• turn tits up
• turn to
• turn to advantage
• turn to dust
• turn to good account
• turn toward
• turn tricks
• turn turtle
• turn two
• turn under
• turn up
• turn up like a bad penny
• turn up one's nose
• turn up one's toes
• turn up the heat
• turn up the heat on
• turn up toes
• turn up trumps
• turn upside down
• turn water off
• Turn your caps lock off!
• turn your stomach
• turned off
• turned on
• turn-off
• twist around one's finger
• twist of fate
• twist the knife
• U-turn
• wait turn
• Whatever turns on
• Whatever turns you on
• when back is turned
• when one's back is turned
• whole world came crashing down around
• worm turned
• worm turns, the