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单词 to turn one's back to
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to turn one's (also the) back to (also †unto)
(b) to turn one's (also the) back to (also †unto): = to turn one's back on at Phrases 1a(c). Formerly also (with indirect object) †to turn (a person) the back.
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c1400 Prickynge of Love (Harl.) (1983) 22 (MED) Good ihesu..I..for-ȝete þe..and turne my bak to-þe-ward.
a1425 in M. L. Arntz Richard Rolle & Gratia Dei (1981) 100 In þe tyme of prayere..mene sall noght turne God þe bake & speke with othire.
a1500 (a1400) Ipomedon (Chetham) (1889) l. 4797 (MED) He tornyde hym the bake þat tyde..Vnder his dent he durste not byde.
c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) vi (MED) Fortune the bak him turnyt.
1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) sig. ¶¶.ij. The wicked hath tourned vnto me the backe, and not the face.
1698 F. Grant Sadducismus Debellatus 6 Thou turn'st thy Back to me, when I am telling thee truth; if I were reading a Story-Book..thou would'st hear that.
1755 W. Emerson Navigation i. 6 Then turning the back to the sun, and looking through the vanes C and A, raise or settle the Instrument.
1899 S. Crane in McClure's Mag. Feb. 335 The situation demanded that he face the sea and turn his back to the Spanish bullets.
2006 S. Kenyon Dark Side of Moon xi. 186 He turned his back to her as if nothing had happened. But even so she could sense his unrest.
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