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

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

For the audience the result looks like naturalness done to a turn.

From Time Magazine Archive

The melons were exactly cold enough, the omelette was done to a turn, and had the turn, the coffee was fragrant and strong, and the hot buns “talked,” Walter declared.

From The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways by Penrose, Margaret