Usually means: Reject or refuse someone's approach.
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  1. turn away: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. turn away: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. turn away: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  6. turn away: Dictionary.com
  7. turn away: Rhymezone
  8. turn away: Free Dictionary
  9. turn away: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (turn away)

verb:  (transitive, literally) To rotate so as not to face someone or something.
verb:  (intransitive, literally) To rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something.
verb:  (transitive, literally) To bend or turn from a fixed course.
verb:  (intransitive, literally) To bend or turn from a fixed course.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To dismiss from service.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To forsake or refuse an association or commitment.

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