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21 N‑SING Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning. □ [+ of ] They fled to South America around the turn of the century.

22 VERB When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool. □ [V n] …the joys of making a living from turning wood.

23 N‑COUNT [usu with poss, oft N to-inf, N -ing] If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you. □  Tonight it's my turn to cook. □ [+ at ] Let each child have a turn at fishing.

24 N‑COUNT If you say that someone is having a turn , you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]

25 → see also turning

26 PHRASE You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other. □  His tone was by turns angry and aggrieved.

27 PHRASE If there is a particular turn of events , a particular series of things happen. □  They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events.

28 PHRASE If you say that something happens at every turn , you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want. [EMPHASIS ] □  Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff.

29 PHRASE If you do someone a good turn , you do something that helps or benefits them. □  He did you a good turn by resigning.

30 PHRASE If someone turns a place inside out or upside down , they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy. □  They hadn't found a scrap of evidence though they had turned his flat inside out.

31 PHRASE If something such as a system or way of life is turned inside out or upside down , it is changed completely, making people confused or upset. □  He felt too shocked to move. His world had been turned upside down.

32 PHRASE You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other. □  One of the team members leaked the story to a colleague who, in turn, told a reporter.

33 PHRASE If each person in a group does something in turn , they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order. □  There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn.

34 PHRASE If you speak out of turn or talk out of turn , you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say. □  I hope I haven't spoken out of turn.

35 PHRASE If two or more people take turns to do something, or in British English take it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together. □  We took turns to drive the car.

36 PHRASE If a situation takes a turn for the worse , it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better , it suddenly becomes better. □  Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.

▸  turn against PHRASAL VERB If you turn against someone or something, or if you are turned against them, you stop supporting them, trusting them, or liking them. □ [V P n] A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after being told that I'd been insulting him. □ [V n P n] Working with the police has turned me against the use of violent scenes as entertainment.

▸  turn around or turn round

1 → see turn 1