turning the page
turning the page is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To proceed to the next page in a book.
- Synonyms:
- turn over a new leaf
Questions about turning the page
- What is turning the page the present participle and gerund of?
- Turning the page is the present participle and gerund of turn the page.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: turning 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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