turn+away
1turn away — ► turn away refuse admittance to. Main Entry: ↑turn …
2turn away — index abandon (relinquish), alienate (estrange), avert, decline (reject), depose (remove) …
3turn away — verb 1. move so as not face somebody or something (Freq. 13) • Hypernyms: ↑turn • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s Something is ing PP Somebody s PP …
4turn away — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you turn someone away, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place. [V n P] Turning boat people away would be an inhumane action... [V P n (not pron)] Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away …
5turn away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms turn away : present tense I/you/we/they turn away he/she/it turns away present participle turning away past tense turned away past participle turned away to refuse to let someone come into a place Reporters… …
6turn away — v. (D; intr.) to turn away from * * * [ tɜːnə weɪ] (D; intr.) to turn away from …
7turn away — phr verb Turn away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑applicant …
8turn away from — ˌturn a ˈway from [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they turn away from he/she/it turns away from present participle turning away from past tense turned away from …
9turn away from — index disavow, eschew, shun Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10turn away — turn (someone/something) away to refuse to see or talk to someone, or to consider something. If anyone comes to the door, just turn them away. She has turned away every opportunity to improve her English in the last ten years …
