turn on your own

English translation: go against your friends/own people

01:01 Nov 24, 2016

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English term or phrase: turn on your own

To Edmunds’ surprise, she embraced him tightly.
‘Come on, I couldn’t stay if I wanted to,’ he told her. ‘Everyone in here hates me. You don’t turn on your own, even when they’re as guilty as sin, apparently. I’ll be on the phone if you need me for anything today,’ he said before reiterating sincerely: ‘Anything.’

I wonder what does " turn on your own" mean?

macky KudoZ activity Questions: 352 (2 open) (6 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 4
Local time: 14:09

Selected answer:go against your friends/own people

Explanation:
that's the meaning

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to turn on someone means to go against them

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your own = your friends

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so "you don't turn on your own" = you don't go against those you regard as friends/in your group

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in other words: you won't incriminate those you regard as your friends or as being in your group

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basically it means you won't say anything against them or anything that might put them in a difficult situation

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or even worse

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"turn" in this contaxt = go against

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should read "context" of course

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David Hollywood
Local time: 03:09

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go against your friends/own people

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go against your friends/own people

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Local time: 03:09
Native speaker of: English
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