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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)

  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 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.

Words near turning the page in the dictionary

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

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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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