refuse entry to somewhere
cause someone or something to deviate in the direction
direct, avert or deflect someone or something on another course
veer or move away
avoid someone or something
change position
His job application was turned aside when they saw his criminal record.
The most crucial questions were turned aside by the current CEO.
The prosecutor produced new evidence in the case, but the judge turned it aside.
I saw my ex-boyfriend yesterday, but before I could say anything, he just nodded then turned aside and walked around the corner.
Susan and her friends tried to get into the new night club on the High Street last week, but they were turned aside at the door.
She turned her career aside for a few years to have her family, but now she’s ready to get back to work.
We noted her inability to say no. It just isn’t in her nature to turn aside a chance to be useful.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
Moses turned aside and God spoke out of the burning bush.
Innocence and intelligence deserve to turn aside our condemnation.
There is no origin for this idiom
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