turf

be turfed

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from some place). Primarily heard in UK. The drunkard was turfed after he started a fight with another customer in the bar. I just found out that we're being turfed at the end of the month because the landlord wants to move back into the house himself. Look, man, you need to calm down. You're gonna be turfed if you're this loud and disorderly on the flight!

See also: turf

be turfed out

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from some place). Primarily heard in UK. The drunkard was turfed out of the bar after he started a fight with another customer. I just found out that we're being turfed out at the end of the month because the landlord wants to move back into the house himself. Look, man, you need to calm down. You're gonna be turfed out if you're this loud and disorderly on the flight!

See also: out, turf

come with the turf

To typically or frequently accompany a certain situation; to be a usual consequence or related issue. When you're the boss, staying late at the office just comes with the turf. Sleep deprivation comes with the turf of being a new parent. Of course you're feeling anxious—that just comes with the turf when you start a new job.

See also: come, turf

get turfed

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from some place). Primarily heard in UK. The drunkard got turfed after he started a fight with another customer in the bar. I just found out that we're getting turfed at the end of the month because the landlord wants to move back into the house himself. Look, man, you need to calm down. You're gonna get turfed if you're this loud and disorderly on the flight!

See also: get, turf

get turfed out

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from some place). Primarily heard in UK. The drunkard got turfed out of the bar after he started a fight with another customer. I just found out that we're getting turfed out at the end of the month because the landlord wants to move back into the house himself. Look, man, you need to calm down. You're gonna get turfed out if you're this loud and disorderly on the flight!

See also: get, out, turf

go with the turf

To typically or frequently accompany a certain situation; to be a usual consequence or related issue. When you're the boss, staying late at the office just goes with the turf. Sleep deprivation goes with the turf of being a new parent. Of course you're feeling anxious—that just goes with the turf when you start a new job.

See also: go, turf

on (one's) home turf

1. In the place or area where one is locally established. The team will be playing the championship match on their home turf this weekend, which they're hoping will give them a bit of an advantage. We'll be hosting the state-wide high school science fair on our home turf next month.

2. In a field, profession, or area for which one has a deep affinity or familiarity. After a string of unsuccessful action films, the director is back on home turf with a biting new historical drama. I tried a few television roles, but I'm really only on my home turf when I'm doing stand-up.

See also: home, on, turf

surf and turf

Seafood (surf), especially fish or lobster, served with beef (turf). Sometimes stylized as "surf 'n' turf." I've never understood the appeal of surf and turf, personally—I love steak and lobster, but their flavors don't really go together. I know a great place down by the beach that does excellent surf 'n' turf.

See also: and, surf, turf

turf

slang

1. noun An area in which one has expertise or familiarity. Aw, the Legal Department is my old turf. Sure, I'll introduce you to some people over there. I tried a few television roles, but stand-up comedy is my real turf.

2. noun The area of a town or neighborhood over which a particular person or group has dominion. Yo, this is our turf. Get your crew out of here before we put you all in body bags. A rival mob boss is trying to muscle in on the Don Cacciatore's turf.

3. verb In medicine, to transfer a patient to another department. Turf this guy to psych and get back to the ER—we've got multiple gunshot victims incoming.

4. verb To eject, remove, or throw out (someone) from some place, position, group, etc. Primarily heard in UK. If news of this scandal breaks, you'll be turfed from office! I just found out that the landlord is turfing us out at the end of the month because he wants to move back into the house himself. The bouncer turfed the drunkard after he started a fight with another customer.

turf (one) out

To eject, evict, or otherwise forcibly remove one (from some place). Primarily heard in UK. The bouncer turfed the drunkard out of the bar after he started a fight with another customer. I just found out that the landlord is turfing us out at the end of the month because he wants to move back into the house himself.

See also: out, turf

turf war

1. An ongoing fight among factions, often criminal ones, attempting to control a particular territory (i.e. their "turf"). The neighborhood has been torn apart by the turf war between the two gangs.

2. By extension, a dispute or hostile environment among persons or factions competing for a particular position, or influence in a particular area. The school newspaper has become the scene of a turf war among several ambitious students who all want to add "editor" to their college applications. The electoral map has become nothing more than a diagram of the turf war between the two parties.

See also: turf, war

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surf and turf

fish and beef; lobster and beef. (A dinner serving incorporating both expensive seafood and an expensive cut of beef. Alludes to the sea and to the pasture. Fixed order.) Walter ordered the surf and turf, but Alice ordered only a tiny salad. No surf and turf for me. I want fish and fish alone.

See also: and, surf, turf

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

surf and turf

a dish containing both seafood and meat, typically shellfish and steak. chiefly North American

See also: and, surf, turf

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a ˈturf war

(informal) an argument or a dispute about who owns or controls an area: Street violence has escalated as a result of a turf war between rival neighbourhood gangs. ♢ Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged.

In informal language, your turf is the place where you live and/or work, especially when you think of it as your own.

See also: turf, war

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turf

n. (one’s) ground or territory. When you’re on my turf, you do what I say—savvy? This is my turf, and what I say goes.

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