done to a turn
Example Sentences
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Vegetables generally could have spent a bit longer over the coals — the giant broccoli trees in particular were more like singed crudité — but just about everything else was done to a turn.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2016
Offenbach's witty and brilliant opera is done to a turn, even to the sound of wine gurgling from a bottle.
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Meaty, romantic music, done to a turn and served with the proper helping of gravy, in one of the finest of Brahms recordings.
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For the audience the result looks like naturalness done to a turn.
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I say this dinner is fit for a king; sufficient variety, and everything done to a turn.
From Mildred's New Daughter by Finley, Martha