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turning-away

turning-away noun: a deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.

Noun

turning-away (plural turnings-away)

  1. A deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.
    • One of this century’s stranger trends has been a turning-away from the chains – and a deliberate revival of the props and symbols of yesterday’s vanished high street.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian

Forms of turning-away

pluralturnings-away

Questions about turning-away

What does turning-away mean?
Turning-away means a deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.
What part of speech is turning-away?
Turning-away is a noun.
What is the plural of turning-away?
The plural of turning-away is turnings-away.

Words near turning-away in the dictionary

  1. turning up the heat
  2. turning up the volume on
  3. turning up trumps
  4. turning upon
  5. turning upside down
  6. turning-away
  7. turning-beam
  8. turning-beams
  9. turning-evil
  10. turningness
  11. turnings

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