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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meaty, romantic music, done to a turn and served with the proper helping of gravy, in one of the finest of Brahms recordings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just about every big shot in earshot got done to a turn.
From Time Magazine Archive
As he spoke, he was slicing off in the most skilful way prime sirloin of beef, and, smiling with delight, he said that it was done to a turn, as he called it.
From The New Mistress A Tale by Fenn, George Manville
