"turn a number of shades of red" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "turning a number of shades of red",
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      "form": "turned a number of shades of red",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 September 29, \"Ms.Caramel\" (username), Sandra Rose (blog)",
          "text": "I must have turned 2 shades of red. Talk about embarrassed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 August 29, Courtney Weaver, “When straights can't take \"yes\" for an answer”, in Salon Magazine (article)",
          "text": "Tristan craned his neck, but not before Fred suddenly looked over at us, turned 17 shades of red and ducked behind a palm tree, busily arranging tortilla chips in little anally retentive rows.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 August 29, \"nonochuu\" (username), Tumblr (blog)",
          "text": "To say that Midorima turned a billion shades of red would be an understatement.",
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        }
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        "To blush, especially with embarrassment or shame"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To blush, especially with embarrassment or shame"
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  "word": "turn a number of shades of red"
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          "ref": "2017 September 29, \"Ms.Caramel\" (username), Sandra Rose (blog)",
          "text": "I must have turned 2 shades of red. Talk about embarrassed.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 August 29, Courtney Weaver, “When straights can't take \"yes\" for an answer”, in Salon Magazine (article)",
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        "To blush, especially with embarrassment or shame"
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