give a turn
Example Sentences
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Just give a turn or two to the engine and see if the winding gear's all right.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
It is customary for visitors who may drop in to give a turn or two at the churn-stick.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
You can't go and give a turn to none of the neighbors never, can't you?
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
If I forget all about it, and give a turn suddenly, I regularly yell; for it feels as if a red-hot iron had been stuck against me.
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Walter Paget
Mrs. Willoughby said nothing, except once or twice when she endeavored to give a turn to the conversation, in which she was signally unsuccessful.
From The American Baron by James De Mille
