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Discover LudwigThe phrase "turn the key" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to the action of rotating a key in a lock to open or close it. For example: She inserted the key into the lock and carefully turned the key until she heard the lock click.
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I turn the key.
But she didn't turn the key.
I turn the key and fire up the engine.
I turn the key, and there is no explosion.
It can turn the key off in the next parliament," he said.
When you turn the key in the lock, the steel-plated door crashes to the floor.
Thankfully, any comparisons to shelled reptiles end when you turn the key.
(You get back in the car. Turn the key. Find a motel).
We return to the van, turn the key and … nothing happens.
Fraulo turn the key another thirty or so degrees, then pocketed it.
"Don't be so ridiculous — you turn the key in the lock," the Prince said.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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