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turn heads

turn heads verb: to garner a considerable amount of attention.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To garner a considerable amount of attention.

Forms of turn heads

third-person singular presentturns heads
present participleturning heads
past participleturned heads
pastturned heads

Questions about turn heads

What does turn heads mean?
Turn heads means to garner a considerable amount of attention.
What part of speech is turn heads?
Turn heads is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn heads?
The past tense of turn heads is turned heads.

Words near turn heads in the dictionary

  1. turn construction unit
  2. turn construction units
  3. turn down
  4. turn flukes
  5. turn forth
  6. turn heads
  7. turn in
  8. turn in on oneself
  9. turn in one's grave
  10. turn in succession
  11. turn indicator

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