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turn turtle
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turn turtle
Fig. to turn upside down. (See also turn belly up.) The sailboat turned turtle, but the sailors only got wet. The car ran off the road and turned turtle in the ditch.
See also: turn

turn turtle
if a boat turns turtle, it turns upside down in the water We lost all our diving gear when the boat turned turtle just off the shore.
See also: turn


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