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To turn a cold shoulder toTo turn a corner
To turn a flange
To turn a hostile army
To turn a penny
To turn about
To turn adrift
To turn again
To turn against
To turn an honest penny
To turn around one's finger
To turn aside
To turn away
To turn back
To turn down
To turn in
To turn in the mind
To turn into
To turn off
To turn on
To turn one's coat
To turn one's goods
To turn one's hand to
To turn out
To turn over
To turn over a new leaf
To turn round
To turn tail
To turn the back
To turn the back on
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
To be out of one's head, to be temporarily insane. To come or draw to a head. See under Come, Draw. To give (one) the head, or To give head, to let go, or to give up, control; to free from restraint; to give license. ``He gave his able horse the head.'' --Shak. ``He has so long given his unruly passions their head.'' --South. To his head, before his face. ``An uncivil answer from a son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor, is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his house or revile him to his head.'' --Jer. Taylor. To lay heads together, to consult; to conspire. To lose one's head, to lose presence of mind. To make head, or To make head against, to resist with success; to advance. To show one's head, to appear. --Shak. To turn head, to turn the face or front. ``The ravishers turn head, the fight renews.'' --Dryden.
