turn turtle
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Q. But do not the iron-clads comprising this fleet frequently turn turtle?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
More than once, as the wind changed a point, it seemed that the cranky craft must turn turtle.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang
She careened so badly that the girls shrieked and Malcolm himself thought she would turn turtle.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
The San Martin, losing steerage way, was rolling horribly in the trough of the sea; any instant she might turn turtle.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
If he deviated a hair's breadth at that speed he'd turn turtle.
From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
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