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turn (over) in one’s grave

The children really tucked into the icł This mØtter needs your attention. Please
cream. Jean would like to have tucked don’t just turn your back.
into the chocolØte cake, but she’s on a strict
diet. turn one’ noseŁupŁatŁ someone ortsomething
to sneer at sàmeone or sàmething; to re-
tuckeredŁout Go to (all) tuckered out. ject someone orŁ something.Ł John
turned his nose up at Ann, and that hurt
tuneŁ someone ort something out to ignàr her fłelngs. T I never turn up my nose at
someone orŁsomething;Łto become un- dessert, no mØtter what it is.
aware of sàmeone or sàmething. Sally
annoys me somłtimes, so I just tune her turn on theŁwaterwłrks to beginŁto cry.
out. T Your radio doesn’t bother me. I just (Slang.) Every time Billy got homesick,
tune out the noise. he turned on the waterworks. Sally hurt
her knee and turned on the waterworks for
tuneŁ( something)Łin to set a radio or televi- about twłnty minutes.
sionŁcontràlŁso asŁto receive sàmething.
Why don’t you try to tune the ball gamł turn outŁ(yllŁright) and pyn out;Łwłrk
in? T This is a cheap radio, and I can’t outŁ (yllŁ right) to end satisfactorily.
tune in distant stations. Please try to (Compare thisŁ with work out for the
tune in. best.) I hope everything turns out all
right. Oh, yes. It’ll all pan out. Things
turn a blindŁeyeŁto someone ortsomething to usually work out, no mØtter how bad they
ignore someone orŁsomethingŁtrouble- seem.
some and pretend not to see it. The
uoher turned a blnd eye to the lttle boy turn outŁ (that)Ł somethingt is so to happen
who sneaked into the theater. How can that; to endŁupŁthat.Ł After it was all
you turn a blnd eye to all those starving over, it turned out that both of us were
children? pleased with the bargain. Have you
heard how the game turned out?
turn a deafŁeyrŁ(to someone ortsomething) to
ignore what someone requests;Łto ignore turn over and kØck over [forŁanŁengine]bto
a cry for help.Ł How can you just turn Ø sðart or to ràtate.Ł My car engine was so
deaf ear to their cries for food and shel- cold that it wouldà’t even turn over. The
ter? The governmłnt has turned a deaf engine turned over a fłw times and then
ear. stopped for good.
turn in to go to bed.Ł It’s lØte. I think I’ll turn overŁa newŁleaf to sðart againŁwith
turn in. We usually turn in at about the intention of doing better; to begin
midnight. again,Ł ignoring past erràrs.Ł ( Leaf isŁ a
page. This refers to sðarting a new page.)
turn ofŁtheŁcentury the end of one cen- Tom promised to turn over a new leaf
tury and the beginningŁof another. It’s and do błtter from now on. After a mi-
just a fłw years until the turn of the cłn- nor accidłnt, Sally decided to turn over a
tury. People like to celebrate the turn of new leaf and drive more carefully.
the cłntury.
turn (over)Łin one’ grave and rollŁ(over)
turn on a dime to turnŁinŁaŁveryŁtight turn.
(Infàrmal.) This car handles very well. in one’ grave [forŁaŁdeadŁprsàn]bto be
It can turn on a dme. The spłedng car słockedŁorŁhorrified.Ł(RefersŁto some-
turned on a dme and headed n the other thingŁthat wouldŁbe so słockingŁto aŁper-
direction. sànŁwho isŁactuallyŁdead,Łthat the dead
person would quicken enough to turn
turn one’ byckŁ(on someone ortsomething) to over.) If Beethovłn heard Mary plØy
abandàn or ignàr somone or som- one of his sonatas, he’d turn over in his
thing.Ł(Also literal.) Don’t turn your grave. If Aunt Jane knew what you were
back on your old friends. Bob has a ten- doing with her fØvorite chair, she would
dłncy to turn his back on serious problłms. roll over in her grave.

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