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Turn turtle   /tərn tˈərtəl/   Listen
Turn turtle

verb
1.
Overturn accidentally.  Synonyms: capsize, turtle.






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"Turn turtle" Quotes from Famous Books



... distractedly. Will she go? Yes! No! Yes! Then comes the screeching, the scrunching, the straining, and then—a final snap! Back we go, sheering helplessly, swayed to and fro most dangerously by the foaming waters, and almost, but not quite, turn turtle. The red boat follows us anxiously, and watches our timid little craft bump against the rock-strewn coast. But we are safe, and raise unconsciously a cry of gratitude to the deity ...
— Across China on Foot • Edwin Dingle



Words linked to "Turn turtle" :   overturn, tip over, tump over, turtle, turn over



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