tourner les talons
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tourner les talons
- \tuʁ.ne le ta.lɔ̃\
Where it comes from
Composé de tourner et de talon.
verb
- Faire demi-tour ; s’en aller. Ayant dit, M. de Bernage tourna les talons et se lança sur la longue esplanade plantée d'arbres qui borde la colonnade latérale de l'église.
In English
- turn tail Translations
- turn on one's heel to turn around and leave the other way
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@misc{tourner_les_talons_2026,
title = {tourner les talons},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/tourner%20les%20talons},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
