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Turn turtle   /tərn tˈərtəl/   Listen
Turn turtle

verb
1.
Overturn accidentally.  Synonyms: capsize, turtle.






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"Turn turtle" Quotes from Famous Books



... us that, after hearing what those oystermen said about the danger we'd run, if we were caught in the big bay in a storm?" asked George; for his narrow-beam boat always threatened to turn turtle when the waves were very boisterous, and it kept ...
— Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast - or Through Storm and Stress to Florida • Louis Arundel



Words linked to "Turn turtle" :   tip over, tump over, turn over, capsize, overturn, turtle



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