(seperable) to reject; refuse; dismiss
The church turned away the people with no money to pay.
(seperable) to repel; deflect
His sheer arrogance turned away many potential friends.
(inseperable) 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.
(inseperable) to return; revert; backtrack
We started on our trip, but the weather was so bad that we decided to turn back.
(seperable) to drive away; to halt the advance of
The soldiers tried with all of their might to turn back the invading forces.
(seperable) to reject
Bill asked 100 girls to go out on a date with him. All but one turned him down.
(seperable) to decrease
Please turn the radio down. It's too loud.
(seperable) to submit or give work done for someone
Max turns in his homework almost always on time.
(seperable) to switch a machine or electrical device to the off posiiton
Please turn off the lights when you leave the room.
(seperable) to disgust
Selfish people really turn me off.
(seperable) to switch on ; to cause to operate or flow
Max was bored so he turned the TV on.
(seperable) to excite pleasurably
Mathematics turns me on.
(seperable) to switch off
Please turn out the lights.
(seperable) to invert; rotate
Once the pancake is done on one side, please turn it over to cook the other side.
(seperable) to increase
Please turn the radio up. I can hardly hear it.