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Princeton's WordNet

  1. turn awayverb

    move so as not face somebody or something

  2. deflect, bend, turn awayverb

    turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

  3. reject, turn down, turn away, refuseverb

    refuse entrance or membership

    "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

  4. avert, turn awayverb

    turn away or aside

    "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

Wiktionary

  1. turn awayverb

    to rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something

  2. turn awayverb

    to bend or turn from a fixed course

  3. turn awayverb

    to refuse to admit someone

  4. turn awayverb

    to avert or deflect something

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  1. turn away

    Morning Phase is the twelfth official studio album and twelfth overall by American singer Beck. The album was released in February 2014 by his new label, Capitol Records. According to a press release, Morning Phase is a "companion piece" to Beck's 2002 album Sea Change. Almost every credited musician who recorded parts for Sea Change returned to record for Morning Phase, with the sole exception being Sea Change producer Nigel Godrich. Upon release, the album received critical acclaim and was nominated for five awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, winning three: Album of the Year, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best Rock Album. Beck performed the album's song "Heart Is a Drum" with Chris Martin at the ceremony.

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  1. turn away

    To turn away generally means to move one's body or face so that it is no longer facing or looking towards someone or something. It can also mean to reject, refuse, or deny someone or something, often in a non-physical sense. For example, a person could turn away a request or offer. Additionally, it can imply emotionally distancing oneself or losing interest.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn away in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of turn away in a Sentence

  1. Matthew Bogdanos:

    That is a long, intentional, pre-mediated attack before which the defendant had many opportunities to stop, to turn away, to walk away, to run away, to do anything.

  2. Nils Rauer:

    The court was right in assessing whether Fashion ID had an interest in collaborating with Facebook by way of embedding the 'Like' Button, personally, I do not think that companies will turn away from embedding 'Like' buttons due to the judgment. Presumably, they will pay more attention to the embedding process, by way of obtaining dedicated data privacy advice.

  3. David Nabarro:

    We are moving towards the end, but we just don't know when it will come. In Liberia it took a long time - it took about two months to move from single-figure cases to zero - so we are not anticipating that this will be a very rapid thing, that's why I am telling everyone ... don't turn away, don't let off the effort: we must finish it and finish it well.

  4. Mike DeWine:

    We have an obligation to each other, if someone is showing signs of trouble or problems, we must help and we must not turn away.

  5. Yusuf Muftuoglu:

    These long-term investor circles do not really care how autocratic Turkey becomes, because they are already working with countries such as Saudi and others around the world with bad records on human rights, in more strategic circles, the question is will Turkey be part of a new rising eastern bloc and turn away from the West. As long as it remains somewhere in between, the political risk is seen as manageable.


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