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

The need for all the extra workers continues to grow as more consumers turn to online shopping. — Amanda Callahan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Meanwhile, the list of individual towns turning to temporary bans continues to grow. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026

The company turned to Janet Goldschmidt, wife of cofounder Richard Goldschmidt and an interior designer, to design the collection alongside Marianna Gonzalez. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026

Green Carrera trailed down the backstretch before making a move on the far turn to score a fourth win in nine lifetime starts. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 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