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Meanings of turn respectable in English

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Usage of turn respectable in English
1
That's the part that has come nearest making me turn respectable than any other.
The Mucker
2
Going to turn respectable, are you?
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
3
Now, do turn respectable.
Middlemarch
4
They say he's got some things a lot better'n this now, and that he's likely to quit this and turn respectable.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
5
But their new movie suggests the bodily-fluid humorists might have turned respectable.
The Irish Times
6
So I turned respectable, and came up to the top, and put on this suit.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2
7
So I turned respectable, and came up to the top, and put on this gray suit.
The Water-Babies
8
"I wonder when you will marry and turn respectable," said Juliet.
The Obstacle Race
9
Bea and Miles Bjornstam were married in June, a month after "The Girl from Kankakee." Miles had turned respectable.
Main Street
10
I'm thinking mighty seriously of cutting out the games up at my rooms; what would you think of my turning respectable, Marsh?
The Just and the Unjust
11
And what is it now that brings me back here to thank you-anold, time-wornreprobate, turned soldier and turned respectable!-whatis that?
Stories by English Authors: England
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