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View definitions for turn aside

turn aside

verb as in avert

verb as in depart

verb as in diverge

verb as in divert

verb as in field

verb as in switch

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Example Sentences

We had to turn aside on our way downstairs for more furniture to make Buster a bed in a box full of excelsior in the shed.

And shall we give a little running water, and turn aside or choke up the streams of knowledge?

When they finally reached the timber the ponies attempted to turn aside, and in a moment the herd was thrown into wild confusion.

Frequently we had to turn aside to avoid the swampy ponds fringed with saw-grass.

It was the cry of the birds that caused them to turn aside into even a narrower one.

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On this page you'll find 657 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to turn aside, such as: avoid, deter, fend off, foil, forestall, and halt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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