If anyone comes to the door, just turn them away.
She has turned away every opportunity to improve her English in the last ten years.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
turn away — ► turn away refuse admittance to. Main Entry: ↑turn … English terms dictionary
turn away — index abandon (relinquish), alienate (estrange), avert, decline (reject), depose (remove) … Law dictionary
turn away — verb 1. move so as not face somebody or something (Freq. 13) • Hypernyms: ↑turn • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s Something is ing PP Somebody s PP … Useful english dictionary
turn away — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you turn someone away, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place. [V n P] Turning boat people away would be an inhumane action... [V P n (not pron)] Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away … English dictionary
turn away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms turn away : present tense I/you/we/they turn away he/she/it turns away present participle turning away past tense turned away past participle turned away to refuse to let someone come into a place Reporters… … English dictionary
turn away — v. (D; intr.) to turn away from * * * [ tɜːnə weɪ] (D; intr.) to turn away from … Combinatory dictionary
turn away — phr verb Turn away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑applicant … Collocations dictionary
turn away from — ˌturn a ˈway from [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they turn away from he/she/it turns away from present participle turning away from past tense turned away from … Useful english dictionary
turn away from — index disavow, eschew, shun Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
turn away from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms turn away from : present tense I/you/we/they turn away from he/she/it turns away from present participle turning away from past tense turned away from past participle turned away from turn away from something… … English dictionary
