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do a turn
verb as in act
Strong matches
verb as in perform
verb as in play-act
Weak matches
- be on
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- characterize
- do
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- feign
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- make debut
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- parody
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- portray
- pretend
- put it over
- rehearse
- represent
- say one's piece
- simulate
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take part
- tread the boards
Example Sentences
“The Democrats — in many cases — are going to do a turn on that because they are fearful of losing votes,” said G. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College.
“I’m honestly just glad I didn’t have to do a turn in that race,” she said, adding that she had to put the controversial disqualification behind her.
“I know that my skills are coming, it’s just about practicing it every time I do a turn in training,” he said.
A couple of years back Paul Pogba revealed he calls Dybala by the nickname “Square R2”, explaining: “It’s the combination you press on PlayStation to do a turn and shot – he always scores like that.”
A ceilidh will follow where every islander is expected to do a turn.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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