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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
Kacy Catanzaro

Meaning of "turn away" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TURN AWAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TURN AWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Turn away is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TURN AWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of turn away in the English dictionary

The definition of turn away in the dictionary is to move or cause to move in a different direction so as not to face something. Other definition of turn away is to refuse admittance or assistance to.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURN AWAY

turn a blind eye
turn a blind eye to
turn a deaf ear
turn a trick
turn against
turn and turn about
turn bridge
turn down
turn heads
turn in
turn in on oneself
turn of phrase
turn off
turn on
turn one´s back on
turn one´s hand to
turn out
turn over
turn over a new leaf
turn queen´s evidence

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURN AWAY

away
blow away
come away
far and away
from away
get away
give away
give the game away
go away
have it away
keep away
once and away
out and away
put away
right away
run away
straight away
take away
tuck away
walk away
while away

Synonyms and antonyms of turn away in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «turn away» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TURN AWAY

Find out the translation of turn away to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of turn away from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «turn away» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

转身离开
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alejarse
570 millions of speakers

English

turn away
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूर बारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الابتعاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отвернуться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afastar-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরে চালু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détourner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpaling
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abwenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

背ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nguripake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quay đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விட்டுவிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूर व्हा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geri çevirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

allontanare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odwrócić się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відвернутися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întoarce
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διώχνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wegdraai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vända sig bort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vende seg bort
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turn away

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURN AWAY»

The term «turn away» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.510 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TURN AWAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about turn away

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10 QUOTES WITH «TURN AWAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word turn away.
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Saint Bernard
Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary and turn away from the love of the Lord.
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Kacy Catanzaro
I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
3
Carl Friedrich Gauss
When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.
4
Robert Griffin III
I was a freshman All-American, and I tore my ACL in the third game. But God has a plan for everything. I had a chance to turn away from Him in that situation or draw closer to Him. I decided to draw closer to Him, and came back stronger from it.
5
Jessica Hahn
I speak my mind. I just speak my heart. I will not turn away from any question.
6
Jon Hurwitz
I think 'Oz' is the type of show that makes you turn away in fear and in horror, so for a television show, that's pretty intense.
7
Pico Iyer
I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from.
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Moby
There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people's passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people's minds, you have to respect the people you're talking to.
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Doug Ose
I sit on the Drug Policy Subcommittee of the United States Congress. I'm on the speaker's task force. This is something people would rather turn away from and not face, but in fact it is possibly the greatest threat we face.
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Christina Rossetti
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, 'Where? What?' and turn away.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURN AWAY»

Discover the use of turn away in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turn away and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the ...
The truth about Little Rock differs in many ways from the caricature that emerged in the press and in many histories -- but those differences pale in comparison to the fundamental driving force behind the story.
Elizabeth Jacoway, 2007
2
Never Turn Away: The Buddhist Path Beyond Hope and Fear
"Trungpa Rinpoche's great saying was, Turn toward everything.
Rigdzin Shikpo, David Hutchens, 2007
3
When They Turn Away: Drawing Your Adult Child Back to Christ
An inspirational book of help and hope for bringing adult children back to Christ
Rob Rienow
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Morgentaler: The Doctor Who Couldn't Turn Away
Eleanor Pelrine describes the circumstances and motives that led Morgentaler to found an abortion clinic, and she chronicles the decade-long battles that followed between Morgentaler and the authorities.
Eleanor Wright Pelrine, 1983
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From Such Turn Away: Warnings Against Lesbianism
This book addresses the subject of lesbianism from a Biblical perspective and alerts girls and young women to the crafty means by which Satan attempts to lure them into such a lifestyle.
Trela Anderson, 2012
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Soft Answers: They Turn Away Wrath
Are You Stuck in the Vicious Cycle of Tit for Tat We all Learned as Children? Soft Answers Helps You Replace that Destructive Behavior --- to Put Out the Angry Fires and Create the Possibility of Happiness.
Mitchell H. Messer, 2000
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Expositions on the Book of Psalms: Psalms 53-75
520 Good?iess of God a reason for confessing to Him. Psalm to animadvert. For even as the act of one avenging unim- ad version is wont to be spoken of. Hear one praying that Ps. 51, 1-le De unobservant: Turn away Thy face from my sins.
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), 1849
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A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament: including ...
3. to turn, to turn away, to deflect, l. e. to make tend to one side ; Is. 66, 12 to, / vOl turn peace upon her like a river, i. e. as a stream is turned in its course. Gen. 39, 21 ion l">is a*i and turned upon him favour, i. e. conciliated favour towards him.
Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson, 1860
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Nuevo Método del Doctor Enrique Ollendorff para aprender a ...
I intend to turn away from them, if they turn away from their clerks — Why did you turn away from this little boy?— Because he has turned away from my son. — llave you turned away your servant?-l have turned him away. -When did you turn  ...
H. G. Ollendorff, 1851
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The Historical and Political Turn in Literary Studies
The answer will, of course, be largely determined by what it is and how we assess what we turn away from or even turn against. In the case of literary studies , recently valid alternatives to historical criticism or political critique have been ...
Winfried Fluck, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURN AWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term turn away is used in the context of the following news items.
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In new sign of Assad's troubles, Syria's Druze turn away from president
BEIRUT — During four years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could count on the country's Druze to keep quiet. Like other religious minorities, the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Merkel, Hollande Turn From Greece as Referendum Die Is Ca
Merkel and Hollande Turn Away From Greece. by Mark DeenArne DelfsChristos Ziotis. June 29, 2015 — 4:11 AM PDT Updated on June 29, 2015 — 4:59 AM ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
3
Texas Attorney General Encourages County Clerks To Ignore …
Texas Attorney General Encourages County Clerks To Ignore Supreme Court, Turn Away Same-Sex Couples. by Judd Legum Jun 28, 2015 9:25pm. CREDIT: ... «ThinkProgress, Jun 15»
4
Study shows NCR homeowners turn away Dalits and Muslims
Study shows NCR homeowners turn away Dalits and Muslims. In both the methodologies, the home-seekers had the same credentials but for their names that ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
5
Young people turn away from banking careers to avoid 'stigma'
Recent college grads who witnessed — in person or on social media — the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in lower Manhattan are turning their backs on ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
6
Indonesia sends three warships and a plane to turn away migrant …
The three nations have sparked outrage by turning away some overloaded vessels, ... However, Malaysia also said last week it would turn away boats bearing ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Malaysia says it will turn away migrants stranded at sea unless …
Illegal immigrants from Burma and Bangladesh arrive at the Langkawi police station's multi-purpose hall in Malaysia. Photograph: Hamzah Osman/AP. «The Guardian, May 15»
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Children of dairy farmers turn away from milk and toward artisanal …
Mother and daughter Karen and Anne Trenholm are among a number of multigenerational families trying to save their farms one wheel of cheese at a time. «Press Herald, May 15»
9
US official: Iranian cargo ships turn away from Yemen
WASHINGTON -- The convoy of Iranian cargo ships that had been headed toward war-torn Yemen -- possibly with advanced weaponry for Houthi rebels -- has ... «CBS News, Apr 15»
10
Auschwitz 'may turn away people' amid record visits
The former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz is attracting so many visitors people may have to be turned away, staff there have warned. The site, now a ... «BBC News, Apr 15»

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