not know where to turn

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not know where to turn and not know which way to turn

to have no idea about what to do (about something). I was so confused I didn't know where to turn. We needed help, but we didn't know which way to turn.

See also: know, turn

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Adams, his wife, and fifteen unfortunates who not only had no money but did not know where to turn or whither to go. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context My whole former life--my life as a slave on the plantation, my work in the coal-mine, the times when I was without food and clothing, when I made my bed under a sidewalk, my struggles for an education, the trying days I had had at Tuskegee, days when I did not know where to turn for a dollar to continue the work there, the ostracism and sometimes oppression of my race,--all this passed before me and nearly overcame me. Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context More results

? References in classic literature

Adams, his wife, and fifteen unfortunates who not only had no money but did not know where to turn or whither to go.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

My whole former life--my life as a slave on the plantation, my work in the coal-mine, the times when I was without food and clothing, when I made my bed under a sidewalk, my struggles for an education, the trying days I had had at Tuskegee, days when I did not know where to turn for a dollar to continue the work there, the ostracism and sometimes oppression of my race,--all this passed before me and nearly overcame me.

Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context

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