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Phrase(s): Whatever turns you on.
1. Inf. Whatever pleases or excites you is okay. • Mary: Do you mind if I buy some of these flowers? Bill: Whatever turns you on. • Mary: I just love to hear a raucous saxophone play some smooth jazz. Bob: Whatever turns you on, baby. 2. Inf. a comment implying that it is strange to get so excited about something. (Essentially sarcastic.) • Bob: I just go wild whenever I see pink gloves on a woman. I don’t understand it. Bill: Whatever turns you on. • Jane: You see, I never told anybody this, but whenever I see snow falling, I just go sort of mushy inside. Sue: Weird, Jane, weird. But, whatever turns you on.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs