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turn turtle

verb as in turn over

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“You look like a turned turtle!” she hooted.

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“Everything turned turtle within a few hours,” he said.

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There are baths too deep to get out of, so you have to turn turtle and push yourself up and out.

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The Recreation turned turtle, casting some passengers into the water.

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Before the world economy turned turtle in 2008, the European Union presented an attractive face to the world.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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