Meaning of take a turn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Change in direction, tone, or tendency.
   idiomatic
2. To walk around; to stroll.
3. To participate in an activity involving two or more participants.

Examples

“In like manner do false teachers commence their discourses, by taking care to avoid a strait line of simple truthl they run a little waya, pretending that the divine Being is all love and grace to mankind, is the same yesterday, to-day and forever, that the most entire confidence may be safely placed in his wisdom, power, and goodness; but immediately they take a turn and represent him as capable of having his mind so changed, as to burn with implacable vengeance toward those who do not conform to their doctrine.”

“He said to me: 'Look you, Rosebud child, things will take a turn.'”

“Plucky old Walder Frey gathers his family for a feast and toasts to their massacre of the Stark family. He compliments their bravery in stabbing a pregnant woman and her fetus to death. As every last Frey man swigs their special wine, Walder hypes the cunning it took to invite guests into your home and ambush them. But then things take a turn, the men starting to keel over as Walder seems to admonish them for leaving certain threads hanging. At last the room is empty but for Arya Stark, holding Walder Frey’s face, and a couple girls she leaves alive to spread the legend. “Winter came for House Frey.””

“I must take a turn in the open air to recover myself.”

“I used to take a turn up and down among the sins of my past life, and I always came down again with a broken and a contrite heart, ready to preach, as it was preached in the beginning, the forgiveness of sins.”

“Let's go and take a turn around the Aedificium, while we still have a bit of light.”

“Take a turn in the hall with my maid for a minute or two, and I'll take care to settle all matters and conditions for your reception.”

“At each of these decision-making points, participants may choose not to take a turn.”

“There are many opportunities, in the form of pauses and gaps, for the therapist to take a turn.”

“If not, provide some practice: model the task again and encourage the child to take a turn in the game.”

“In addition, Enomoto & Den[2] argue that which hearer should take a turn at which point depends upon the hearer's status in a storytelling sequence.”

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