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turning traitor

turning traitor is the present participle and gerund of turn traitor.

Meaning of turn traitor

Verb

turn traitor (third-person singular simple present turns traitor, present participle turning traitor, simple past and past participle turned traitor)

  1. To become a traitor, by betraying a person, group, or one's country.
    • For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle

Questions about turning traitor

What is turning traitor the present participle and gerund of?
Turning traitor is the present participle and gerund of turn traitor.

Words near turning traitor in the dictionary

  1. turning to dust
  2. turning to good account
  3. turning together
  4. turning tool
  5. turning tools
  6. turning traitor
  7. turning tricks
  8. turning Turk
  9. turning turtle
  10. turning two
  11. turning under

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