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turned the page

turned the page is the simple past and past participle 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.

Questions about turned the page

What is turned the page the simple past and past participle of?
Turned the page is the simple past and past participle of turn the page.

Words near turned the page in the dictionary

  1. turned the frown upside down
  2. turned the knife
  3. turned the knife in the wound
  4. turned the other cheek
  5. turned the other way
  6. turned the page
  7. turned the scale
  8. turned the screw
  9. turned the screws
  10. turned the tables
  11. turned the tide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turned the 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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