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| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| turn color | verb phrase AKA phrasal verb separable | general | both common | No |
| Meaning: | ||||
| 1) to become a
different color or shade, due to age, exposure to light, chemicals,
etc. 2) for a person to either blush or become pale, due to illness, embarrassment or other reasons. | ||||
| Example(s): | ||||
| 1) In autumn, in
many parts of the world, leaves turn many colors. 2) He sure turned color when the boss walked in and saw him kissing the boss' wife! | ||||
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