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turn down: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

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turn inside out collapse

introvert collapse: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts; turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"

turn in collapse: make an entrance by turning from a road; "Turn in after you see the gate"

invert collapse: make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"

turn around collapse: get better; "Her performance in school picked up"; cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

disincline collapse

supinate collapse: turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

turn about collapse

turn upside down collapse

bottom out collapse: hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"; reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"

apostatize collapse: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

indispose collapse: cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"; make unwilling

wean collapse: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"; detach the affections of

turn the tables collapse: cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"

turn the corner collapse

mutate collapse: undergo mutation; "cells mutate"

keel over collapse: turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"

rotate collapse: plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"; perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"; cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"; exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

turn into collapse

pirouette collapse: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet); do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

swivel collapse: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

revolve collapse: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

transpose collapse: a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix; change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"; put (a piece of music) into another key; transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality

head off collapse

turn tail collapse

turn red collapse

capsize collapse: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

capitalize on collapse

cash in on collapse: take advantage of or capitalize on

deter collapse: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

put about collapse

alter collapse: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"; make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

disqualify collapse: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"; declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"

make the most of collapse

steer clear of collapse

diversify collapse: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"; spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"; make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

realign collapse: align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident"

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