Grounds and Turns

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Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.

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Turns and grounds are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turns" instead a verb "Grounds".

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Grounds and turns are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grounds" instead a verb "Turns".

Duke is offered some oddly familiar power armor but turns it down on the grounds that "power armor is for pussies".

Source: Powered Armor
But when a man professes a willingness to marry her, she flatly turns him down — on the grounds that she's not a virgin.

Source: Literature / Catch-22
He immediately wraps himself around Craig and tries to kiss him; Craig turns him down on the grounds that he's already taken.

Source: Fake-Out Make-Out

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