turn away

Definitions

1. 1

   To rotate so as not to face someone or something.

   • Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee.
2. 2

   To rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something.

3. 3

   To bend or turn from a fixed course.

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   1. 4

      To refuse to admit someone or accept something.

      • He was turned away at the border because he didn't have a valid visa.
      • The referee turned away the players' protests.
      • For heauen doth know (ſo ſhall the world perceiue) That I haue turn'd away my former Selfe, So will I thoſe that kept me Companie.
   2. 5

      To avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of.

      • to turn away disaster
   3. 6

      To dismiss from service.

      • to turn away a servant
   4. 7

      To forsake or refuse an association or commitment.

      • He turned away from his old comrades.
      • She increasingly turned away from politics.
      • Some people donate what they can, while others simply turn away.

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