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
Just about every big shot in earshot got done to a turn.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the audience the result looks like naturalness done to a turn.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Ingleby continued, addressing Dorothy, "I hope you will be able to fancy something," as Stefano brought in a tray with coffee and crescent-shaped rolls, and a dainty omelette done to a turn by his wife.
From A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream by Marshall, Emma
