T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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Contents of T:
[turn on one's heel] {v. phr.}
To turn around suddenly.
When John saw Fred approaching him, he turned on his heel.
When little Tommy's big brother showed up, the bully turned on his heel.
[turnout] {n.}
The number of people in attendance at a gathering.
This is a terrific turnout for Tim's poetry reading.
[turn out] {v.}
1. To make leave or go away.
His father turned him out of the house.
If you don't behave, you will be turned out.
Compare: [THROW OUT].
2. To turn inside out; empty.
He turned out his pockets looking for the money.
* […]
[turnover] {n.}
1. The proportion of expenditure and income realized in a business; the volume of traffic in a business.
Our turnover is so great that in two short years we tripled our original investment and are expanding at a great rate.
2. […]
[turn over] {v.}
1. To roll, tip, or turn from one side to the other; overturn; upset.
He's going to turn over the page.
The bike hit a rock and turned over.
2, To think about carefully; to consider.
* /He turned the problem over in his […]
[turn over a new leaf] {v. phr.}
To start afresh; to have a new beginning.
"Don't be sad, Jane," Sue said. "A divorce is not the end of the world. Just turn over a new leaf and you will soon be happy again."
Compare: [CLEAN SLATE].
[turn over in one's mind] {v. phr.}
To carefully consider.
I will have to turn it over in my mind whether to accept the new job offer from Japan.
[turn tail] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To run away from trouble or danger.
When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran.
[turn the clock back] {v. phr.}
To return to an earlier period.
Mother wished she could turn the clock back to the days before the children grew up and left home.
* /Will repealing the minimum wage for workers under age eighteen turn the clock […]