turn away

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Verb

turn away

1. (intransitive) to rotate the body or head 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. (intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
3. (transitive) to refuse to admit someone
4. (transitive) to avert or deflect something

   to turn away disaster

5. (transitive, dated) to dismiss from service

   to turn away a servant

Translations

• French: détourner
• German: abweden
• Russian: отвора́чиваться

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