turn turtle

turn turtle
verb
overturn accidentally
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Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!

• Syn: ↑capsize, ↑turtle
• Hypernyms: ↑overturn, ↑turn over, ↑tip over, ↑tump over
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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phrasal
1. : to capsize bottom upward — used of a boat

automobile turned turtle

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turn turtle see under ↑turtle1
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Main Entry: ↑turn
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turn turtle
1. To render a turtle helpless by turning it on its back
2. To turn bottom up, capsize
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Main Entry: ↑turtle

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turn turtle phrase
if a ship or a boat turns turtle, it turns over and its bottom part faces upwards
Thesaurus: shipwrecks and accidents at seahyponym
Main entry: turtle

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I
see turtle
II
(chiefly of a boat) capsize

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turn turtle
chiefly Brit of a boat : to turn upside down

Their boat turned turtle during the storm.

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Main Entry: ↑turtle

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turn ˈturtle idiom
(of a boat) to turn over completely while sailing
Main entry: ↑turtleidiom

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