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| [1] |
rotate,
revolve,
spin,
roll,
reel,
circle,
gyrate,
whirl,
wheel,
go (a)round/about,
pivot,
swivel,
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move,
shift,
wheel,
veer,
swing,
face,
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| [3] |
reverse,
turn (a)round,
alter,
change,
adapt,
reorganize,
remodel,
modify,
refashion,
reshape,
reform,
transform,
make over,
convert,
bring over,
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go/pass/move (a)round,
veer,
drive,
walk,
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| [5] |
go bad,
become rancid,
spoil,
curdle,
addle,
sour,
decay,
moulder,
rot,
putrefy,
(Colloq) go off,
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apply,
put,
use,
employ,
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| [7] |
turn aside/away,
block,
avert,
thwart,
prevent,
balk/baulk,
parry,
deflect,
fend off,
check,
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form,
make up,
fashion,
formulate,
construct,
cast,
create,
coin,
concoct,
express,
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direct,
aim,
point,
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| [10] |
twist,
sprain,
wrench,
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twist,
wind,
snake,
curve,
bend,
arc,
coil,
loop,
meander,
zigzag,
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turn against,
defy,
mutiny,
rebel,
revolt,
rise (up) against,
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turn back,
reverse,
repulse,
repel,
rebuff,
drive back,
beat backgo back,
retrace (one's) steps,
return,
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turn down,
refuse,
reject,
rebuff,
decline,
denydecrease/diminish/lessen/lower/soften the sound of,
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| [15] |
turn in,
go to bed/sleep,
retire,
withdraw,
call it a day,
(Slang) hit the sack/the hayhand in/over,
turn over,
deliver,
give in,
submit,
offer,
proffer,
tender,
give back,
return,
surrender,
yieldturn over,
deliver (up),
inform on,
betray,
(Colloq) squeal on,
rat on,
finger,
tell on,
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| [16] |
turn into,
turn to,
become,
change into/to,
metamorphose into/togo/come into,
drive into,
pull into,
walk into,
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turn off,
stop,
switch off,
deactivate,
discontinue,
extinguishdisillusion,
depress,
cool (off),
disenchant,
disaffect,
alienate,
repel,
repulse,
bore,
offend,
put off,
displease,
sicken,
nauseate,
disgustdeviate,
diverge,
reverse,
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turn on,
start (up),
switch on,
energize,
activate,
set in motion,
cause to function/operatedepend on/upon,
be contingent on,
hinge on/upon,
be subject toexcite,
thrill,
arouse,
stimulate,
titillate,
work up,
impassion,
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turn on/upon,
concern,
revolve about,
relate tobe hostile to,
attack,
assail,
set upon,
(Colloq) tear into,
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| [20] |
turn out,
make,
form,
shape,
construct,
build,
fabricate,
put together,
assemble,
manufacture,
produce,
put out,
bring outdevelop,
evolve,
eventuate,
happen,
result,
prove,
occur,
end up,
ariseeject,
evict,
throw out,
expel,
oust,
dismiss,
terminate,
cashier,
(Colloq) fire,
sack,
kick out,
axe,
(Brit) turf outdress,
fit out,
equip,
rig out,
accoutre/(US) accoutercome,
arrive,
appear,
attend,
assemble,
meet,
(Colloq) show (up),
surface,
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turn over,
consider,
muse/ruminate over/about,
revolve,
ponder (over)reverse,
invert,
turn upside downoverturn,
upset,
knock oversell,
merchandiserotate,
revolve,
spin,
kick over,
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turn tail,
run away,
flee,
bolt,
scoot,
show a clean pair of heels,
cut and run,
take to (one's) heels,
beat a hasty retreat,
(Colloq) take off,
beat it,
scram,
skedaddle,
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| [23] |
turn to,
appeal to,
apply to,
resort toadvert to,
refer to,
pick/take up,
have recourse toget to work,
pitch in,
buckle/knuckle downturn into,
change to,
convert into,
become,
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turn turtle,
capsize,
overturn,
keel over,
upset,
up-end,
(Colloq) go bottoms up,
plough,
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turn up,
surface,
appear,
arrive,
(Colloq) show (up),
show one's facecome up,
arise,
(Colloq) crop up,
pop upuncover,
discover,
find,
unearth,
come across,
hit upon,
dig up,
expose,
disclose,
reveal,
bring to lightincrease/raise/amplify/intensify the sound of,
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change state,
refuse,
reject,
rebuff,
decline,
denydecrease/diminish/lessen/lower/soften the sound of,
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become,
go to bed/sleep,
retire,
withdraw,
call it a day,
(Slang) hit the sack/the hayhand in/over,
turn over,
deliver,
give in,
submit,
offer,
proffer,
tender,
give back,
return,
surrender,
yieldturn over,
deliver (up),
inform on,
betray,
(Colloq) squeal on,
rat on,
finger,
tell on,
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change by reversal,
stop,
switch off,
deactivate,
discontinue,
extinguishdisillusion,
depress,
cool (off),
disenchant,
disaffect,
alienate,
repel,
repulse,
bore,
offend,
put off,
displease,
sicken,
nauseate,
disgustdeviate,
diverge,
reverse,
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move around,
start (up),
switch on,
energize,
activate,
set in motion,
cause to function/operatedepend on/upon,
be contingent on,
hinge on/upon,
be subject toexcite,
thrill,
arouse,
stimulate,
titillate,
work up,
impassion,
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grow,
concern,
revolve about,
relate tobe hostile to,
attack,
assail,
set upon,
(Colloq) tear into,
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release,
make,
form,
shape,
construct,
build,
fabricate,
put together,
assemble,
manufacture,
produce,
put out,
bring outdevelop,
evolve,
eventuate,
happen,
result,
prove,
occur,
end up,
ariseeject,
evict,
throw out,
expel,
oust,
dismiss,
terminate,
cashier,
(Colloq) fire,
sack,
kick out,
axe,
(Brit) turf outdress,
fit out,
equip,
rig out,
accoutre/(US) accoutercome,
arrive,
appear,
attend,
assemble,
meet,
(Colloq) show (up),
surface,
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turn over,
run away,
flee,
bolt,
scoot,
show a clean pair of heels,
cut and run,
take to (one's) heels,
beat a hasty retreat,
(Colloq) take off,
beat it,
scram,
skedaddle,
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| [33] |
plow,
capsize,
overturn,
keel over,
upset,
up-end,
(Colloq) go bottoms up,
plough,
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twist,
sprain,
wrench,
wrick,
rick,
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flex,
bend,
deform,
twist,
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call on,
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sour,
ferment,
work,
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| n. |
| [1] |
revolution,
rotation,
cycle,
spin,
whirl,
circuit,
round,
roll,
twirl,
pirouette,
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| [2] |
curve,
bend,
turning,
corner,
sinuosity,
dog-leg,
hairpin bend/curve,
irregularity,
meander,
twist,
zigzag,
(Colloq) toing and froing,
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| [3] |
loop,
coil,
spiral,
twist,
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| [4] |
deviation,
turning,
detour,
shift,
change of direction/course,
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| [5] |
opportunity,
chance,
say,
round,
spell,
time,
watch,
shift,
stint,
tour (of duty),
move,
trick,
(Colloq) whack,
crack,
shot,
go,
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| [6] |
drive,
spin,
ride,
airing,
constitutional,
ramble,
saunter,
stroll,
walk,
promenade,
amble,
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trend,
direction,
drift,
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| [8] |
change,
alteration,
switch,
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bad turn,
disservice,
harm,
injury,
wrong,
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| [10] |
good turn,
favour,
(good) deed,
act (of kindness),
courtesy,
boon,
mercy,
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| [11] |
shock,
fright,
surprise,
start,
scare,
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| [12] |
form,
style,
manner,
mode,
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disposition,
inclination,
bent,
bias,
leaning,
tendency,
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at every turn,
everywhere,
constantly,
always,
all the time,
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by turns,
alternately,
reciprocally,
in rotation,
successively,
in succession,
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in turn,
sequentially,
one after the other,
in succession,
successively,
in (proper) order,
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out of turn,
out of sequence,
out of orderimprudently,
indiscreetly,
improperly,
disobediently,
inappropriately,
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take turns,
alternate,
vary,
rotate,
exchange,
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bend,
crook,
twist,
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turning,
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play,
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| [22] |
turn of events,
twist,
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turning,
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twist,
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go,
spell,
tour,
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bout,
round,
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act,
routine,
number,
bit,
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good turn,
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