verb
overturn accidentally
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Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
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Something ——s
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phrasal1. : to capsize bottom upward — used of a boat
2. : overturn
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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Isee turtle
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(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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.