turn over
Verb (Transitive):
- To cause something to move so that a different side is facing upward: This involves rotating an object, often completely, to expose its other surface or to change its orientation.
- To transfer the possession or control of something to someone: This means to give something to another person or authority.
- To generate a specific amount of money in business: This refers to the total amount of sales revenue a business earns in a given period.
- To think about something carefully: To consider or ponder a topic or idea.
Verb (Intransitive):
- To rotate or flip, changing position: This describes the movement of an object or person so that a different side is up.
- To fall over or capsize: This means to tip from an upright position onto its side or top.
Verb (Transitive): Please turn over the document to read the text on the back.The manager will turn over the keys to the new owner tomorrow.The small shop turns over about a thousand dollars a week.I need to turn over the problem in my mind before deciding.
Verb (Intransitive): The truck skidded and turned over on the icy road.If you turn over, you might sleep more comfortably.
"to turn over a new leaf": to start behaving in a better way, to reform. After his mistakes, he decided to turn over a new leaf and be more responsible.
"to turn something over to someone/something": to give responsibility for something to a person or group. The founder turned over control of the company to her son.
"to have a turnover" (noun form): the amount of business done in a particular period; also, the rate at which employees leave and are replaced. The company has an annual turnover of $5 million. / The store has a high staff turnover.
- Overturn (verb): to turn over or cause to turn over; to officially reverse a legal decision.
- Turnover (noun): the amount of money taken in sales; the rate of replacement of staff or inventory.
- Hand over (phrasal verb): a close synonym for the transfer meaning of "turn over."
- Flip: to turn over quickly.
- Transfer: to move something from one place or person to another.
- Ponder: to think about carefully.
- Capsize: (for boats) to turn over in the water.
- Turn over to: to deliver or entrust someone or something to another.
- Turn over in one's mind: to think deeply about something.
- Turn over in one's grave: said of a dead person who would be very angry or upset if they knew about a current situation.
- think about carefully; weigh
- They considered the possibility of a strike
- Turn the proposal over in your mind
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- flip over the pork chop
- turn over the pancakes
- turn from an upright or normal position
- The big vase overturned
- The canoe tumped over
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- turn a page of a book
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- The company turns over ten million dollars a year
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- Dig we must
- turn over the soil for aeration
- move by turning over or rotating
- The child rolled down the hill
- turn over on your left side
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- The cat knocked over the flower vase
- the clumsy customer turned over the vase
- he tumped over his beer
- place into the hands or custody of
- hand me the spoon, please
- Turn the files over to me, please
- He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers