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turn

verb (TWIST)
 
 
/tɜːn/ US  /tɝːn/

Definition

turn your ankle old-fashioned to damage the muscles in the foot by suddenly twisting it too strongly: She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.Injuring and injuries
(Definition of turn verb (TWIST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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