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Synonyms for turn away
turn away
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Princeton's WordNet
turn awayverb
move so as not face somebody or something
deflect, bend, turn awayverb
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Synonyms:
distract, bow, avert, ward off, refuse, twist, bend, deform, obviate, fend off, stave off, block, debar, avoid, head off, forfend, stoop, forefend, parry, flex, deflect, reject, crouch, turn, turn downreject, turn down, turn away, refuseverb
refuse entrance or membership
"They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Synonyms:
freeze off, eliminate, rule out, avert, deflect, deny, resist, bend, winnow out, lower, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, disdain, scorn, defy, refuse, turn downavert, turn awayverb
turn away or aside
"They averted their eyes when the King entered"
Synonyms:
deflect, head off, refuse, obviate, forfend, forefend, avoid, turn down, stave off, fend off, bend, debar, ward off, reject, avert
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#1007 | turn | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1662 | block | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#6335 | bow | |
#6506 | bend | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7835 | twist | |
#7851 | deny | |
#8574 | reject | |
#9114 | flex | |
#9957 | resist | |
#21866 | parry | |
#26161 | crouch | |
#29907 | defy | |
#30316 | distract | |
#30654 | avert | |
#31947 | disapprove | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#47721 | stoop | |
#78074 | deform | |
#79750 | obviate | |
#113548 | spurn | |
#145048 | debar | |
#203490 | lour | |
#332329 | forfend |
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These long-term investor circles do not really care how autocratic Turkey becomes, because they are already working with countries such as Saudi and others around the world with bad records on human rights, in more strategic circles, the question is will Turkey be part of a new rising eastern bloc and turn away from the West. As long as it remains somewhere in between, the political risk is seen as manageable.
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel:
Given the big challenge our country is facing due to strong immigration of refugees, the dispute between the CDU and CSU is now threatening the ability of the government to act, the longer the dispute in the conservative bloc lasts, the more people will turn away from politics and the more ground the right-wing radicals will gain.
We are moving towards the end, but we just don't know when it will come. In Liberia it took a long time - it took about two months to move from single-figure cases to zero - so we are not anticipating that this will be a very rapid thing, that's why I am telling everyone ... don't turn away, don't let off the effort: we must finish it and finish it well.
Personally, I do not think that companies will turn away from embedding 'Like' buttons due to the judgment. Presumably, they will pay more attention to the embedding process, by way of obtaining dedicated data privacy advice.
Penetrating to a point of requiring warning shots to turn away is normally the result of a deliberate decision to penetrate that airspace.
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