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Turn away

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Verb
  1. 1
    To rotate so as not to face someone or something. literally, transitive

    "Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee."

  2. 2
    move so as not face somebody or something wordnet
  3. 3
    To rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something. intransitive, literally
  4. 4
    turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest wordnet
  5. 5
    To bend or turn from a fixed course. literally, transitive
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  1. 6
    turn away or aside wordnet
  2. 7
    To bend or turn from a fixed course. intransitive, literally

    "He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive."

  3. 8
    refuse entrance or membership wordnet
  4. 9
    To refuse to admit someone or accept something. figuratively, transitive

    "He was turned away at the border because he didn't have a valid visa."

  5. 10
    To avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of. figuratively, transitive

    "to turn away disaster"

  6. 11
    To dismiss from service. dated, transitive

    "to turn away a servant"

  7. 12
    To forsake or refuse an association or commitment. figuratively, intransitive

    "He turned away from his old comrades."

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