turn one's back on

Synonyms

shun disdain overlook snub spurn turn a blind eye cold-shoulder pass over leave alone brush aside shrug off cut someone dead

Antonyms

take a look befriend implore emphasise keep an eye on wheedle
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Examples

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Winston Churchill

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men. Havelock Ellis

But rules only work when everyone plays by them. What happens when someone doesn't, and the fallout bleeds right into his life? Whats stronger- the need to uphold the law, or the motive to turn one's back on it? Jodi Picoult

To become rich in this world, it needs only to turn one's back on God. Italian Proverb

Words in the phrase

turn one s back on

Close letter words and terms

turn one off turn one on turn one's attention to turn one's hand to turn one's life around turn one's stomach