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Meanings of turn round in English

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Usage of turn round in English
1
I think we need to turn round and ride back a bit.
Shadow prowler
2
Just then it suddenly occurred to him to turn round rather quickly.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
3
Men with swords and expensive clothes turn round to look at him.
Quicksilver
4
On purpose I did not turn round; that would have been fatal.
Indiscreet Letters From Peking / Being the Notes of an Eye-Witne...
5
He could still turn round and go home, it wasn't too -
Brave New World
6
Some turn round and stare at the men and swing their tails.
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
7
Anne had to turn round in her chair to look at them.
Crome Yellow
8
He did not turn round until he was several hundred metres distant.
Depths
9
Suppose you take a turn round the square and look him up.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes
10
I nearly jump right out of my skin as I turn round.
The Atrocity Archives
11
They make fun of boys and then turn round and love them.
What Is Man? and Other Essays
12
He was so sure of it that he wanted to turn round.
The Dark House
13
The person thought he heard a sound, and started to turn round.
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
14
It is angels who make Saturn, Jupiter, the sun, etc., turn round.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
15
You'd cry my name on the house-tops to make people turn round.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
16
He dared not turn round, for the other men were facing him.
A Romany of the Snows, Complete / Being a Continuation of the Pe...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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