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turn something into an art form

turn something into an art form verb: to develop something to an impressive or excessive degree.

Verb

turn something into an art form (third-person singular simple present turns something into an art form, present participle turning something into an art form, simple past and past participle turned something into an art form)

  1. To develop something to an impressive or excessive degree.
    • She was glad Martin had called. It would be good to have a natter with him. He always lifted her spirits. She had once told him that he had turned self-pity into an art form, but he was always good for a laugh.1994, David Helwig, Just Say the Words, page 217
    • Kings in those days were no strangers to spin and propaganda – look at King Alfred and his carefully crafted Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (see Chapter 6) – but it took the Normans to turn it into an art form.2011, Seán Lang, British History For Dummies, page 112

Forms of turn something into an art form

third-person singular presentturns something into an art form
present participleturning something into an art form
past participleturned something into an art form
pastturned something into an art form

Questions about turn something into an art form

What does turn something into an art form mean?
Turn something into an art form means to develop something to an impressive or excessive degree.
What part of speech is turn something into an art form?
Turn something into an art form is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn something into an art form?
The past tense of turn something into an art form is turned something into an art form.

Words near turn something into an art form in the dictionary

  1. turn shoe
  2. turn signal
  3. turn signals
  4. turn someone's crank
  5. turn someone's head
  6. turn something into an art form
  7. turn south
  8. turn square corners
  9. turn stop
  10. turn stops
  11. turn tail

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