turf
turf /t'ɜːrf/ (turfs turfing turfed)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
Turf is short, thick, even grass.
They shuffled slowly down the turf towards the cliff's edge.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu poss N
Someone's turf is the area which is most familiar to them or where they feel most confident.
Their turf was Paris: its streets, theaters, homes, and parks...
= territoryturf out
[PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, be V-ed P of n, V P n (not pron), also V n P
If someone is turfed out of a place or position, they are forced to leave. (BRIT INFORMAL)
We hear stories of people being turfed out and ending up on the streets...
The party was turfed out of office after 15 years.
...the right wing landslide which has turfed out the Socialist government.turf war (turf wars)
or turf battle
1 [N-COUNT] oft N between n, N over n
A turf war is a struggle between criminals or gangs over who controls a particular area. (mainly JOURNALISM)
The estate is at the centre of a bitter turf war between rival drug gangs.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N between n, N over n
A turf war is a struggle between people over who controls a particular activity. (mainly JOURNALISM)
Both sides say this is more than just a turf war between big and small banks.
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
Turf is short, thick, even grass.
They shuffled slowly down the turf towards the cliff's edge.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu poss N
Someone's turf is the area which is most familiar to them or where they feel most confident.
Their turf was Paris: its streets, theaters, homes, and parks...
= territoryturf out
[PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, be V-ed P of n, V P n (not pron), also V n P
If someone is turfed out of a place or position, they are forced to leave. (BRIT INFORMAL)
We hear stories of people being turfed out and ending up on the streets...
The party was turfed out of office after 15 years.
...the right wing landslide which has turfed out the Socialist government.turf war (turf wars)
or turf battle
1 [N-COUNT] oft N between n, N over n
A turf war is a struggle between criminals or gangs over who controls a particular area. (mainly JOURNALISM)
The estate is at the centre of a bitter turf war between rival drug gangs.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N between n, N over n
A turf war is a struggle between people over who controls a particular activity. (mainly JOURNALISM)
Both sides say this is more than just a turf war between big and small banks.