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| turn you on |
arouse you, cause you to feel excited
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"What turns you on?" "Good books and nice girls."
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| turn your back on |
turn away from, reject, turncoat
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When he became president, he turned his back on his friends.
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| turn your crank |
interest you, inspire you
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Classical music turns his crank. He likes the great symphonies.
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| turn your stomach |
make you feel sick, cause you to feel ill
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Watching you eat those oysters turns my stomach. Yuk!
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| turn yourself in |
walk into a police station to tell them what you did, own up
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If you tell your counselor about the shooting, he'll advise you to turn yourself in.
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| turncoat |
one who goes to work/fight/play for the opposing side, traitor
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That turncoat! He went to work for the competition - Sears.
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| turning point |
(See the turning point)
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| turnout |
the number of people, the size of the group
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There was a good turnout at the Writers' Club today: 20 people.
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| tweak |
increase the power, hop up, supercharge
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If we tweak the engine in this old Cortina, we'll have a sports car.
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| twerp |
small child or person, knee high to a grass...
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Ricky is just a twerp. He can ride on Grandpa's knee.
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