turn the key
Example Sentences
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"I could hear him turn the key and at the time I didn't realise what was going to happen," she explains.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
Two guys jump into a Kawasaki Ridge and magically sprout magnificent mullets as soon as they turn the key.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2024
Two missileers spend sometimes days at a time on watch in underground bunkers, ready to turn the key and fire Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles if ordered to do so by the president.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023
“We can turn the key relatively quickly and start to produce the updated vaccine,” Pfizer’s Jansen said.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021
“You mean like add some oil, turn the key, and off she goes?”
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
