Adapt
Adapt verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Turn
Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It gives Kenpachi a chance to adapt and turn the tables.
Source: Alas, Poor Scrappy -
Some turn into humans and adapt, others weather on as tanuki, but their golden days will never come back.
Source: Anime / Pom Poko - The colonists turn into ravenous monsters by a retrovirus designed to adapt them to a new environment and live aboard for nearly a millennium.
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