0 expressed in an interesting and intelligent way:
[ before noun ] a well-turned phrase
1 A well-turned phrase is expressed in a clear and pleasing way:
I have also had some grave warnings about letting it become too respectable or well turned out.
Those people were decent, patriotic and well turned out.
They are very reluctant to see someone who has served his country well turned out on to the streets.
The school is well maintained, the children well turned out, and the school roll over-subscribed.
How well turned out they are and how splendid is their bearing.
That is too well turned a question for me to make an adequate response to it.
They were well turned out, and their boots gleamed.
What it all boils down to is that the universities are healthy plants and the ground has been well turned over.
