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turn away
verb as in alienate
verb as in avert
verb as in dismiss
verb as in pink slip
Weak matches
- ax
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bump
- can
- cashier
- defrock
- depone
- depose
- deselect
- discharge
- disemploy
- disfrock
- displace
- disqualify
- drop
- fire
- furlough
- give notice to
- give someone his or her walking papers
- give someone the ax
- give someone the gate
- give someone the pink slip
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give walking papers
- give warning
- impeach
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- let out
- oust
- pension
- put away
- recall
- release
- retire
- sack
- send packing
- shelve
- show someone the door
- shut out
- suspend
- terminate
- unfrock
- unseat
- wash out
verb as in recoil
verb as in refuse
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Some stores might turn away rewards cards, which charge them higher fees and in recent years have become very popular with consumers.
A pantry site in San Diego last month had to turn away dozens of military families and servicemembers because it ran out of food.
The evening attracted 300 people, full capacity, and many had to be turned away.
To emphasize the pledge, she adds: “ ‘We will annihilate them,’ . . . hitting all four syllables,” before turning away.
He drove a truckload of his freshly harvested beans last month to a Cargill-owned storage elevator in Florence, Ill., but was turned away while the facility unloaded its crop onto a barge.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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