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
For the audience the result looks like naturalness done to a turn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just about every big shot in earshot got 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
It was between 9 and 10 o'clock before our stews were done to a turn, but what a luscious feast was ours when they were finally ready.
From In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 by Cole, Gilbert L.
