"turn one's color" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: turns one's color [present, singular, third-person], turning one's color [participle, present], turned one's color [participle, past], turned one's color [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turn one's color (third-person singular simple present turns one's color, present participle turning one's color, simple past and past participle turned one's color)
  1. (idiomatic, archaic, of a person) To change color, especially to become pale or red in the face. Tags: archaic, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-turn_one's_color-en-verb-xddmj8A1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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