Usually means: Redirecting focus or attention elsewhere.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Turning away)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of turning-away [A deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.]

Similar:
dodging, avoidance, shunning, turn-out, centreing, divergencies, swiveling, repellant, non-participation, non-answer, more...

Opposite:
approaching, facing, confronting, engaging, welcoming

Phrases:
On the Turning Away, turning someone away, turning away from, more...

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Similar:
dodging, avoidance, shunning, turn-out, centreing, divergencies, swiveling, repellant, non-participation, non-answer, more...

Opposite:
approaching, facing, confronting, engaging, welcoming

Phrases:
On the Turning Away, turning someone away, turning away from, more...



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