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turf (someone) out

To eject, evict, or otherwise forcibly remove someone (from someplace). 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.

be turfed

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from someplace). 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.

be turfed out

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from someplace). 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.

get turfed

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from someplace). 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.

get turfed out

To be ejected, evicted, or otherwise forcibly removed (from someplace). 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.

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.

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.

surf and turf

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

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.

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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As proven with the recently converted synthetic turf fields at Minnie Howard, Fort Ward, and Ben Brenman, a thletic fie lds with a synthetic turf surface are more beneficial to the City of Alexandria than natural grass surfaces for several reasons .

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THE shifting of the men's hockey preparatory camp from Bangalore to New Delhi has brought attention on the state of the various astro turfs throughout the country.

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He and his staff are now delivering hundreds of square metres of Yorkshire turf a day across the country.

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Most specialist suppliers have websites which give useful information on choosing the right turf, ordering the right amount and laying it correctly.

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Saint Stephen, the Native Diver Handicap winner at Hollywood Park, goes back to turf Saturday for the Ft.

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The infected abscesses may also be associated with previous existing turf burns or abrasions.

The invisible enemy: alerting your staff about the dangers of MRSA, which could become your biggest opponent

Astro Turf starts in 1997, when Lord, author of Forever Barbie, a history of the icon of feminine culture, returns to JPL.

Astro Turf: the private life of rocket science

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The larger turf ballfield area also includes a soccer field.

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That whole market has exploded," Sergi says of the athletic turf market for RTG.

Home field advantage: the crumb rubber of Recovery Technologies Group Inc. is used in fields of play and beyond, with an important boost from Ford Motor Co

Your turf is a combination of physical and psychological boundaries and areas of influence that affect your status, your power, and ultimately your survival within the organization.

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However great the production of algae, few people crave a diet of algal turf.

Diet for a blue planet; tasty crabs, sold on the dock for $4 per pound, are the first edible success of a novel approach to ocean farming

The market for artificial turf amounted to about 600,000 tons in 2007 and had a value of Euro1.

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