turn turtle
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The same terrific force gave the steamer a lurch, and she threatened to turn turtle.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Frank V. Webster
Her tail rose, and she started, with dreadful deliberateness, to turn turtle.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
Iron, coffins our ships, Davy's wictims our men; In wessels unsteady, We're ready, aye ready, To sink or turn turtle again and again!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
The San Martin, losing steerage way, was rolling horribly in the trough of the sea; any instant she might turn turtle.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
You see, the boat is top-heavy, owing to the cabin superstructure, and it wouldn't be impossible for her to turn turtle in a heavy sea.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Karl Anderson
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