Meanings
nounturning-away (plural turnings-away)
plural turnings-away
- A deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.
One of this century’s stranger trends has been a turning-away from the chains – and a deliberate revival of the props and symbols of yesterday’s vanished high street.
2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian
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turning-away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turning-away
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“turning-away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turning-away. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turning-away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turning-away.
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