Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is turn one’s back on and its meaning is “abandon, give up, reject, renounce, quit, repudiate, forsake, ignore, disregard“.
Example Sentence: It would be hard to exaggerate the importance of the Cop27 climate summit that is set to open in seven days in Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt… According to Cop27’s organisers, around 90 world leaders will take part, including US president Joe Biden. There will be one glaring omission, however. British prime minister Rishi Sunak has decided to turn his back on the meeting despite the fact that it represents one of our last chances to avert global catastrophe.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Observer view on Rishi Sunak’s shameful decision not to attend Cop27 and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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