Phrasal Verbs with turn
- turn away
(separable) to reject; refuse; dismiss
The church turned away the people with no money to pay. - turn away
(separable) to repel; deflect
His sheer arrogance turned away many potential friends. - turn away
(inseparable) to move so that you are not facing someone
When Max entered the room, Mary turned away. She could not face him after what he had done. - turn back
(inseparable) to return; revert; backtrack
We started on our trip, but the weather was so bad that we decided to turn back. - turn back
(separable) to drive away; to halt the advance of
The soldiers tried with all of their might to turn back the invading forces. - turn down
(separable) to reject
Bill asked 100 girls to go out on a date with him. All but one turned him down. - turn down
(separable) to decrease
Please turn the radio down. It's too loud. - turn in
(separable) to submit or give work done for someone
Max turns in his homework almost always on time. - turn off
(separable) to switch a machine or electrical device to the off position
Please turn off the lights when you leave the room. - turn off
(separable) to disgust
Selfish people turn me off. - turn on
(separable) to switch on ; to cause to operate or flow
Max was bored, so he turned the TV on. - turn on
(separable) to excite pleasurably
Mathematics turns me on. - turn out
(separable) to switch off
Please turn out the lights. - turn over
(separable) to invert; rotate
Once the pancake is done on one side, please turn it over to cook the other side. - turn up
(separable) to increase
Please turn the radio up. I can hardly hear it. - turn up
(inseparable) to appear unexpectedly
He turned up late to the party.