What does page-turner mean?
Page-turner means (idiomatic) A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly..
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(idiomatic) A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly..
Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down.
This is a very fat novel. The first thing you want to do with it is send it to a hospital for one of those crisis diets. Cut out 300 pages and maybe you've got a page-turner that could stand off "The Firm."
She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done.
Use page-turner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Page-turner means (idiomatic) A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down.
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