turn around

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Definition
  1. Verb (Transitive & Intransitive):
    • To cause to face or move in the opposite direction: To rotate something or someone so that they face the other way.
    • To reverse a negative trend or situation; to improve dramatically: To change the course of something, such as a business or performance, from failing or poor to successful or good.
    • To consider or process something thoughtfully: To think about something from a different perspective or to complete the processing of something (e.g., a task or order).
Usage Examples

  • Verb (Physical Rotation):

    • Please turn around so I can see the back of your dress.
    • The bus had to turn around in the narrow street.

  • Verb (Improving a Situation):

    • The new CEO managed to turn around the company's fortunes within a year.
    • With hard work, she turned her grades around.

  • Verb (Processing/Considering):

    • The factory can turn around an order in 24 hours.
    • He needed a moment to turn the idea around in his mind.
Advanced Usage

  • "to turn something around on someone": To reverse a criticism or argument back onto the person who made it.

    • When I accused him of being late, he turned it around on me by pointing out my own tardiness last week.

  • "a turnaround" (Noun): A complete change, especially from a bad situation to a good one, or the time required to complete a process.

    • The project's financial turnaround was remarkable.
    • We offer a 48-hour turnaround for repairs.
Variants and Related Words

  • Turnaround (Noun): The act of turning about to face the opposite direction; a reversal of policy or opinion; the time taken to complete a task or process.

    • The airport measured the turnaround time for each aircraft.

  • Turnabout (Noun): A change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action.

    • His sudden support for the policy was a surprising turnabout.
Synonyms
  • Reverse: To change to the opposite direction or course.
  • Improve: To make or become better.
  • Rotate: To move in a circle around a central point.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Turn back: To return the way one came.

    • The weather got worse, so we decided to turn back.

  • Turn over: To give something to someone in authority; to rotate so the other side is up.

    • He turned over the evidence to the police.
Related Idioms

  • Turn the tables: To reverse a situation so that you gain an advantage over someone who previously had an advantage over you.

    • She turned the tables on her competitor by launching a better product.

  • Turn on a dime: To change direction or position very quickly and precisely.

    • This small car can turn on a dime.
Noun
  1. turning in an opposite direction or position
    • the reversal of the image in the lens
Verb
  1. improve significantly; go from bad to good
    • Her performance in school picked up
  2. improve dramatically
    • The new strategy turned around sales
    • The tutor turned around my son's performance in math
  3. turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
    • He turned around to face his opponent
    • My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake

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