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The phrase "turned on itself" can be correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to describe a situation where something or someone has reversed or changed direction, usually in a negative or unexpected way. Example: The peaceful protest quickly turned on itself as groups began fighting amongst each other over conflicting ideas and beliefs.
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But this same short-sightedness can be turned on itself.
Historical thought, turned on itself, shows that history has not always existed, nor is it found in every culture.
How, 20 years later, it had been turned on itself and presented to mean the opposite I don't know.
Outside, the world toppled and turned on itself, and the vast World Trade Center spilled from the sky.
It turns out that what you're seeing is the biological structure of your own eye, which, in the blinding intensity, has turned on itself.
The Beeb has turned on itself, and it's difficult to switch on a BBC news programme without a discussion about the corporation's failings.
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"The financial sphere just turns on itself with no connection whatsoever to reality".
In the wake of November's Democratic sweep of the popular vote — White House, Senate, House of Representatives — the G.O.P. is turning on itself.
Now that the west is turning on itself in these matters, with victories for Brexit and Trump, the Kremlin doesn't quite know where to turn.
The sources reportedly confirmed that the jihadi group is turning on itself in an attempt to root out moles.
When I was working on Medea in my flat, the radio would turn on by itself".
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