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turn away

verb

1 turn away

Move so as not face somebody or something.

2 turn away

Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest.

synonyms: bend, deflect.

Dutch: bevestigen, knopen, buigen, vastmaken, kromlopen

3 turn away

Refuse entrance or membership.

synonyms: refuse, reject, turn down.

Roget 782: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, ... show more

Roget 297: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, ... show more

4 turn away

Turn away or aside.

synonym: avert.

Dutch: twee biertjes alstublieft, afwenden


Moby thesaurus: abjure, avert, bear off, blunt, bow out, brush aside, bundle, bundle off, chill, chuck, chuck out, contemn, contradict, cool, damp, dampen, decline, deflect, deny, despise ... show more.

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