turn to

verb

turned to; turning to; turns to

intransitive verb

: to apply oneself to work : act vigorously

… all hands turn to and build a church and a jail …

—Mark Twain

Examples of turn to in a Sentence

no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully

Recent Examples on the Web

Some people, however, turn to live streaming specifically to showcase their lowest, darkest moments. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

Her desperate parents turned to CHOP, which was about to start experimenting with something called CAR-T therapy. — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Instead, mathematicians seeking to study chaos often turn to an odd kind of space that has chaos built in, called hyperbolic space. — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026

Clinging to a 4-3 lead, the Royals turned to reliever Steven Cruz for the Dodgers’ half of the eighth inning. — Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for turn to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou