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turns the page

turns the page is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 turns the page

What is turns the page the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Turns the page is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turn the page.

Words near turns the page in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turns 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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