turn

1. Music a melodic ornament that makes a turn around a note, beginning with the note above, in a variety of sequences

2. Theatre chiefly Brit a short theatrical act, esp in music hall, cabaret, etc.

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turn

[′tərn]

(electricity)

One complete loop of wire.

(mathematics)

circle

TURN

(messaging, protocol)

An SMTP command with which a client asks the server to open an SMTP connection to the client, thus reversing their roles.

Superseded by ETRN.

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BRIAN HUBBARD, Independent councillor for Beckfield; IT'S TIME TO TURN THE TABLES: A suspected arson attack in April on allotment sheds in New Skelton left nearly thirty racing pigeons dead Picture by Ian Cooper

Vandals will be camera shy

Jasper Johns's dictum seems to prevail here: "Take an object, do something to it, do something else to it." In the process, the art object is momentarily threatened with utility only to "turn the tables" (pace Marx) once more and assert instead the underlying frivolity and uselessness of everything else in the world.

Jorge Pardo: Gagosian Gallery

If I had any judicial clout, I'd turn the tables and censure the College for conduct unbecoming a professional association, noting in my judgment that its treatment of Chris Kempling, has been "in its entirety derogatory and discriminatory." Then, at the sentencing, I'd impose what I consider a just punishment.

A case in point: Chris Kempling

But the sooner you can turn the tables, the better off your business will be.

Sweet success. (entrepreneurship)

In this story (the one we were all secretly waiting for through the whole book) the main character uses ideas from the Hornblower novels to turn the tables in the face of insurmountable odds.

Thomsen, Brian M. & Greenberg, Martin H., eds. Oceans of space

For one thing, I'd like to turn the tables. Instead of being grilled about my lingerie, I would get to grill the CEO of the airline about the salaries of the mechanics, the amount budgeted for repairs, and whether he has begun selling off his shares of the company's stock.

A joke-free zone. (Flip Side)

Unlike the heroines of most lesbian flicks, the girls of Bound actually "do it." It doesn't hurt that they turn the tables on some bad guys as well.

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The December 20 edition, same pub, told about the enduring p.r./advertising struggles, noting "Evidence that the tables are turning (in favor of p.r.)...." Idiom turn the tables (on somebody) calls for action by someone: Sarah turned the tables on Lee, meaning Sarah reversed an unfavorable situation; she gained the advantage over her opponent.

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A dominant Bury show threatened to turn the tables in the first half.

Mick makes certain for Ipswich; Bury 0 Ipswich 1

But the bugs found a way to turn the tables. Many insects survive the transgenic and normal plants, protein defenses, known as protease inhibitors.

Backup digestive enzyme rescues insects

But why not turn the tables and make such masterpieces come to life as table centerpieces?

Centerpieces from the produce market