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any way we can turn this situation to our advantage? 7
Sometimes, turn aside or away. block, avert, thwart, prevent,
balk or baulk, parry, deflect, fend off, check: He deftly
turned aside the thrust of the dagger. 8 form, make up,
fashion, formulate, construct, cast, create, coin, concoct,
express: Donald certainly knows how to turn a felicitous
phrase. 9 direct, aim, point: He turned the gun on himself and
pulled the trigger. 10 twist, sprain, wrench: I have turned my
ankle and cannot walk. 11 twist, wind, snake, curve, bend, arc,
coil, loop, meander, zigzag: The road turned this way and that,
following the river bank. 12 turn against. defy, mutiny, rebel,
revolt, rise (up) against: The captain had not expected the
first mate to turn against him, too. 13 turn back. a reverse,
repulse, repel, rebuff, drive back, beat back: At last we
turned back the enemy's advance. b go back, retrace (one's)
steps, return: We must turn back before it is too late. 14
turn down. a refuse, reject, rebuff, decline, deny: My request
for help was turned down. b decrease or diminish or lessen or
lower or soften the sound of: Turn down the radio, I'm on the
phone. 15 turn in. a go to bed or sleep, retire, withdraw,
call it a day, Slang hit the sack or the hay: I usually turn in
by eleven o'clock. b hand in or over, turn over, deliver, give
in, submit, offer, proffer, tender, give back, return,
surrender, yield: Please turn in your visitors' badges before
you leave. c turn over, deliver (up), inform on, betray, Colloq
squeal on, rat on, finger, tell on: For enough money, he'd turn
in his own mother. 16 turn into. a turn to, become, change
into or to, metamorphose into or to: Right before her, the
prince turned into a frog again. b go or come into, drive into,
pull into, walk into: They lost sight of the suspect when he
turned into a side-street. 17 turn off. a stop, switch off,
deactivate, discontinue; extinguish: First turn off the water,
then the light. b disillusion, depress, cool (off), disenchant,
disaffect, alienate, repel, repulse, bore, offend, put off,
displease, sicken, nauseate, disgust: People who don't brush
their teeth turn me off. c deviate, diverge: When you come to
the fork, turn off to the right. 18 turn on. a start (up),
switch on, energize, activate, set in motion, cause to function
or operate: Turn on the light. b depend on or upon, be
contingent on, hinge on or upon, be subject to: The success of
the venture turns on our ability to capitalize it. c excite,
thrill, arouse, stimulate, titillate, work up, impassion: He
was really turned on by the girl in the bar. 19 turn on or