at every turn (Meaning)

to cause (the edge of a blade) to bend back or over, to cause to move around an axis or a center, translate, paraphrase, to be variable or inconstant, drive, send, to reverse a course or direction, to go over to another side or party, to affect or alter the functioning of (something, such as a mechanical device) or the level of (something, such as sound) by such movement, to revolve mentally, to become sour, rancid, or tainted, to cause to retreat, an interruption of a curve in figure skating, the action or an act of turning so as to face in the opposite direction, to make a fold, bend, or curve in, to convey or direct out of an inverted receptacle, to direct one's attention to or away from someone or something, to take a different course or direction, to bend or change the course of, to cause to rebound or recoil, to set in another especially contrary direction, a place, time, or opportunity accorded an individual or unit of a series in simple succession or in a scheduled order, to dispose of (a stock) to make room for another, to cause to defect to another side, to become blunted by bending, to change color, to have a reactive usually adverse effect, to exchange for something else, to direct one's efforts or activity, to reverse or upset the order or disposition of, to alter the drift, tendency, or expected result of, to become mentally unbalanced, to change the color of (foliage), a drill maneuver in which troops in mass formation change direction without preserving alignment, to invert (something, such as a character, rule, or slug) feet up and face down in setting type, to become focused on something specified, to dig or plow so as to bring the lower soil to the surface, any of various shifts of direction in skiing, the action or an act of turning about a center or axis, to direct the employment of, an act or deed affecting another especially when incidental or unexpected, to keep (money, goods, etc.) moving, to bring to bear (as by aiming, pointing, or focusing), to engage in (an act of prostitution), to present by a change in direction or position, to direct (something, such as the attention or mind) toward or away from something, to become giddy or dizzy, to move around on an axis or through an arc of a circle, to be stocked and disposed of, to cause to move around a center so as to show another side of, to become changed, altered, or transformed, to cause to go in a particular direction, to make a sudden violent assault especially without evident cause, a place at which something turns, turns off, or turns back, to cause (a scale) to move so as to register weight, to have recourse, to execute or perform by rotating or revolving, any of various rotating or pivoting movements in dancing or gymnastics, to shape especially in a rounded form by applying a cutting tool while revolving in a lathe, to change by the passage of time, to make (a garment) over by reversing the material and resewing, to direct or point (something, such as the face) in a specified way or direction, to gain in the course of business, to make use of, to change one's religion, to reverse the sides or surfaces of, to carry to completion, to cause to become of a specified nature or appearance, to change one's attitude or reverse one's course of action to one of opposition or hostility, deflection, deviation, to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting), to give a rounded form to by any means, convert, transform, to have a center (as of interest) in something specified, to operate a lathe, to bend a course around or about, to face toward or away from someone or something, to form by bending, to shape or mold artistically, gracefully, or neatly, to direct one's course, to become curved or bent (as from pressure), such as, to become someone or something specified by change from another state, to pass from one state to another, to make acid or sour, the action or an act of giving or taking a different direction, to have as a decisive factor, become, grow, to become different, a change effected by turning over to another side, to make antagonistic, to disturb or upset the mental balance of, to cause to change position by moving through an arc of a circle, to twist out of line or shape, to change position (as of one's head) so as to face another way