to turn to
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2.8
- phrasal verb
- /tɜrn tu/
:
recurrir a
- With this in mind, I turned to my own middle school band students.
- turn to the government
- turn to welfare
- turn to faith
And for that we turn to our in house guru.
- And for that we turn to our in house guru.
- As a last question, you turn to fantasy writing.
- I know you have a lot of people that you can turn to, like me.
- Like how often do you turn to yourself for answers?
- That is why you can turn to TurboTax Live.
- But for now, let's let's turn to the Book of Infinity and.
- Thus, we start by first turning to female genius Virginia Woolf.
- So I turned to AI to support me.
- Well, think about what people have turned to in this time of need.
- I mean, the truth is you got to turn to yourself, bro.
- Tell the people who are asking who you turn to in other times of crisis.
Examples
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So all that said, now let's turn to the text itself.
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I know you have a lot of people that you can turn to, like me.
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OK, I think we're going to turn to the audience now.
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And so we were able to turn to this and learn from it.
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People turn to us, they talk to us.
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We may once again turn to music video as the driver of it all.
Academic text (2017) -
And you people are turning to all kinds of solutions.
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OK, so today we turn to the Constitution.
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All right, finally, let us turn to today's big education news.
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When faced with a tough decision, many people turn to friends for advice.
Synonyms
133
3.1
To rely on someone for help or advice
30
2.0
Ask someone for support when you face a problem
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
turn + to
The sense 'to go to someone for help' is directly derivable from combining 'turn' (redirect one’s attention/support) with the directional preposition 'to' (toward), so the compositional logic yields the intended meaning. This verb + preposition pattern is common across languages and in English usage, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase turn to may come from the idea of literally turning toward a person or thing when you need help or advice, like facing someone to ask for support. So it means 'to go to' someone or something for help or guidance.