turf
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3.9
- noun
- /tɜrf/
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territorio
- They are trying to expand their influence into our turf and take control.
- home turf
- own turf
- turf wars
We never had a war on our turf, bro, Never.
- We never had a war on our turf, bro, Never.
- So his thing, his thing is, was he's defending his turf from them.
- Then the GNCGNGNA, all the militias fighting for control of their turfs, that was a mess.
- level Jalisco versus Sinaloa fighting for turf in in Ecuador.
- So all the meetings were hosted on his turf, right?
- I think defending your turf and keeping your platform really, really matters.
- And why go back to Spartathlon just because that's your home turf?
- And then the third part is turf, believe it or not, the turf for talking about sex is outside the bedroom.
- Because it's a much harder to fake me out on your home turf.
- One, you're bringing that prospective seller onto your turf.
- And Steve Glover never invades the turf of Steve O, but Steve O can slip across the lines of the Steve Glover.
- And the Sealy Queen is like, whatever, Just came here to say that I found another dead shadowhunter on our turf and thought you should know.
Examples
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Unfortunately, it is on their own home turf.
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I was challenging their authority on their home turf and in front of witnesses.
Fiction book (1999) -
I was going to say this is my turf, but this is my turf now.
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So we were on my turf when we met, and we were on your turf.
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I think defending your turf and keeping your platform really, really matters.
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In this lies the turf that we must defend at all costs.
Academic text (1990) -
Every gang has its own neighborhood called its turf, with very specific boundaries that it enforces.
Academic text (1994) -
What they're saying is they're upset about the fact that this has given an opening to foreign companies to move in on their turf, which is happening.
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This neighborhood is considered my turf because I have lived here for years.
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Even though I moved to a new city, I still feel connected to my old turf, where I have many friends.
Synonyms
960
3.0
An area of land controlled by a country or ruler
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Etymology
Turf also came to mean a person's area of land or control because it once meant a patch of ground, so thinking of a small piece of land helps remember that turf can mean someone's 'territory' or area they protect.