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turns traitor

turns traitor is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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

Words near turns traitor in the dictionary

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

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