mal tourner

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mal tourner

\mal tuʁ.ne\

verb

Changer défavorablement, contrairement à ce qui était attendu. Les mendiants, les sans-pain, les va-nu-pieds filoutent aisément, et vos frères tourneront mal…

Similar: échouer

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verb

Similar: échouer

In English

go south become unfavorable
go wrong to fail
break bad to go wrong, to turn toward immorality or crime
go sour (figuratively) to become unpleasant

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@misc{mal_tourner_2026,
  title = {mal tourner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/mal%20tourner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}