turn aside

Definitions

1. 1

   To avert one's gaze

2. 2

   To ignore (something) or turn a blind eye (to something)

   • I turn aside — I turn aside From Strangers' mirth and glee;
3. 3

   To turn away

   To turn away; to refuse to let someone in

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   1. 4

      To divert or move out of the way.

      • Moreover, as Lord of providence, it would cost him nothing so to overrule the course of events, as either to turn aside the current of temptation, or altogether neutralize its power upon the heart.
      • As to the evil eye, most Italians firmly believe in it, and to turn it aside use a little horn of coral and turn it point forward towards any one who “casts the evil eye," muttering the word "corna."
   2. 5

      To reject

      To reject; to resist or refuse to aid.

      • For to turn aside from God, and to say in the heart, " There is no God," are one and the same thing;
      • And this is especially true of Christians, who, whatever may be said of others, cannot plead that there was not power sufficient to meet the temptation, or to turn aside its power.
   3. 6

      To alter one's course or activity.

      • Hathi will not turn aside for the Striped One. Yet Hathi and the Striped One together turn aside for the dhole, and the dhole they say turn aside for nothing.
      • In his surprise Moses said to himself, "I will now turn aside and see this great sight why the bush is not burned. And, when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said Moses, Moses.
      • To this Davidson objects that it is not usual for caravans to leave the route and "turn aside" in search of water, a route is selected and formed rather because water is found on it.

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