TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE

Meaning of TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE in English

become sicker My aunt took a turn for the worse last week and is still in the hospital.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE — See: FOR THE WORSE. Contrast: TAKE A TURN FOR THE BETTER.
Slang English vocab
TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE — DETERIORATE, worsen, decline, go downhill. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE — See: FOR THE WORSE. Contrast: TAKE A TURN FOR THE BETTER.
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORSE — I. ˈwərs, ˈwə̄s, ˈwəis adjective, comparative of bad , or of ill Etymology: Middle English werse, wurse, worse, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WORSE — (n.) That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
Английский словарь Webster
WORSE — ( n. ) That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WORSE — I. ˈwərs adjective, comparative of bad or of ill Etymology: Middle English werse, worse, from Old English wiersa, wyrsa; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORSE — noun loss; disadvantage; defeat. 2. worse ·adj in a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad. 3. worse …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
WORSE — [worse] adj, comparative of bad or of ill [ME werse, worse, fr. OE wiersa, wyrsa; akin to OHG wirsiro worse] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WORSE — / wɜːs; NAmE wɜːrs/ adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective (comparative of bad ) worse (than sth / doing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORSE — I. worse 1 S2 W2 /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wiersa , wyrsa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WORSE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 more bad. 2 (predic.) in or into worse health or a worse condition (is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WORSE — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 more bad. 2 (predic.) in or into worse health or a worse condition (is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WORSE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. more bad. 2 (predic.) in or into worse health or a worse condition (is …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORSE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Worse is the comparative of bad …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORSE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Worse is the comparative of bad …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORSE — [adverb]Worse is the comparative of badly.He did worse than he was expecting in the examsHe drives worse now than he …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WORSE — See: BARK WORSE THAN ONE'S BITE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE or FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, FOR THE WORSE, GO …
Slang English vocab
WORSE — INDEX: 1. worse 2. to become worse 3. to make a bad or difficult situation worse 4. worst 5. when …
Longman Activator English vocab
WORSE — See ↑ WORSE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ get worse • ↑ go from bad to worse • ↑ make things …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
TURN — n. 25B6; verb the wheels were still turning : GO ROUND, revolve, rotate, spin, roll, circle, wheel, whirl, gyrate, swivel, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WORSE — See: BARK WORSE THAN ONE'S BITE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE or FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, FOR THE WORSE, GO …
Словарь английских идиом
WORSE — adjective BAD : It was the worse journey I had ever made. GOOD : It was the worst journey I …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WORSE — 1. прил.; сравн. от bad 1. худший 2. нареч.; сравн. от badly хуже; сильнее I like him none the worse …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WORSE — worse.ogg 1. wɜ:s n худшее to go from bad to worse - становиться всё хуже и хуже to have the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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