Meanings
verbturn upon (third-person singular simple present turns upon, present participle turning upon, simple past and past participle turned upon)
present singular third person turns upon · participle present turning upon · participle past turned upon · past turned upon
- alternativetransitiveAlternative form of turn on (“aim at; rebel against; attack suddenly”).
Time is the hound of the gods; but it hath been said of old that he will one day turn upon his masters, and seek to slay the gods, excepting only Māna-Yood-Sushāī, whose dreams are the gods themselves — dreamed long ago.
1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC
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