What (who) is turn away - definition
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Turn! Turn! Turn! (disambiguation); Turn, Turn, Turn (disambiguation); Turn, Turn, Turn (song); Turn, Turn, Turn!
turn away
2014 ALBUM BY BECK
Morning (Beck song); Unforgiven (Beck song); Don't Let It Go; Blackbird Chain; Phase (song); Turn Away; Country Down
1.
If you turn someone away, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place.
Turning refugees away would be an inhumane action...
Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away students.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
2.
To turn away from something such as a method or an idea means to stop using it or to become different from it.
Japanese corporations have been turning away from production and have diverted into finance and real estate...
PHRASAL VERB: V P from n
turn away
2014 ALBUM BY BECK
Morning (Beck song); Unforgiven (Beck song); Don't Let It Go; Blackbird Chain; Phase (song); Turn Away; Country Down
I.
(Active.)
1.
Avert, turn aside.
2.
Dismiss (from service), discard, cashier, turn off.
II.
(Neuter.)
1.
Deviate, forsake.
2.
Go, depart, remove.
turn away
2014 ALBUM BY BECK
Morning (Beck song); Unforgiven (Beck song); Don't Let It Go; Blackbird Chain; Phase (song); Turn Away; Country Down
v. (D; intr.) to turn away from
Wikipedia
Turn, Turn, Turn
Turn, Turn, Turn may refer to:
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!", a 1959 song by Pete Seeger that later became a hit for The Byrds
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (album), an album by The Byrds
- "Turn, Turn, Turn" (CSI), an episode of the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (True Blood), a 2012 episode of the TV series True Blood
- "Turn, Turn, Turn", an episode of the TV series 7th Heaven
- Turn, Turn, Turn (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2014 episode of the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Pronunciation examples for turn away
1. "Don't turn away.
Mindful Parenting in a Messy World _ Michelle Gale _ Talks at Google
2. Don't turn away.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
3. how to turn away feedback.
Thanks for the Feedback _ Doug Stone & Sheila Heen _ Talks at Google
4. can't turn away from it.
San Francisco Chef's Table _ Bill Corbett & Carolyn Jung _ Talks Google
5. I want to turn away.
He Named Me Malala _ Davis Guggenheim _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of turn away
1. If failure occurred, people would turn away from this strategy.
2. Restaurants regularly turn away those with physical deformities, advocates said.
3. For Lieberman, it marks another turn away from the Democrats.
4. They had had to turn away the least serious cases.
5. Organizers of both events had to turn away many others.