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at every turn

1. At every opportunity. My opponent has tried to discredit me at every turn.

2. Everywhere. I've been seeing my old roommate at every turn lately. Just today, I bumped into her at the mall!

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at every turn

everywhere; everywhere one looks. There is a new problem at every turn. Life holds exciting adventures at every turn.

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at every turn

every place or every time that something is possible Since the divorce she has avoided the press at every turn.

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at every turn

if something unpleasant happens at every turn, it happens every time you try to do something Throughout his life, he felt himself stifled by his father at every turn.

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at every turn

Everywhere; also, continually, at every moment. For example, He found trash strewn about at every turn, or Life holds surprises at every turn. The turn here does not signify change of direction but change of circumstances, and the phrase generally is something of an exaggeration. [Late 1500s]

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