done to a turn
Example Sentences
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Vegetables generally could have spent a bit longer over the coals — the giant broccoli trees in particular were more like singed crudité — but just about everything else was done to a turn.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2016
Just about every big shot in earshot got done to a turn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Offenbach's witty and brilliant opera is done to a turn, even to the sound of wine gurgling from a bottle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meaty, romantic music, done to a turn and served with the proper helping of gravy, in one of the finest of Brahms recordings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Welsh rarebit was just assuming its required thickness and smoothness and the toast was done to a turn ready to receive its libation of cheese, when the wanderers came pattering in.
From Molly Brown's College Friends by Speed, Nell
