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turn a page

turn a page is the alternative form of turn the page.

Meaning of turn the page

Verb

turn the page (third-person singular simple present turns the page, present participle turning the page, simple past and past participle turned the page)

  1. (idiomatic) To move on to new involvements or activities; to make a fresh start.
    • You've been divorced for three years. It's time to turn the page and start looking for somebody else.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To proceed to the next page in a book.

Forms of turn a page

third-person singular presentturns a page
present participleturning a page
past participleturned a page
pastturned a page

Questions about turn a page

What is turn a page the alternative form of?
Turn a page is the alternative form of turn the page.

Words near turn a page in the dictionary

  1. turn a corner
  2. turn a deaf ear
  3. turn a hair
  4. turn a new leaf
  5. turn a number of shades of red
  6. turn a page
  7. turn a phrase
  8. turn a profit
  9. turn a setback into a comeback
  10. turn a trick
  11. turn about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turn a page (page history and authors); turn the page (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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