Usually means: Situation unexpectedly becomes more negative.
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  1. take a turn for the worse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take a turn for the worse: Merriam-Webster
  3. take a turn for the worse: Wiktionary

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  1. take a turn for the worse: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (take a turn for the worse)

verb:  (idiomatic) To start to become worse; to worsen.

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