to turn around

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Annoyingly repetitive or consistent

Every time you turn around the price of milk has gone up again.

To consider from a different viewpoint

Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.

To physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees

Turn around once or twice so I can see your new dress.

Alternative spelling of turnaround
To reverse the expected outcome of a game, usually from a losing position to a winning one

They were way ahead but the game turned around on them and they lost 4-3.

To be duplicitous

You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.

To reverse a trend, usually towards a more favorable outcome; to return (a business, department) to effectiveness, profitability, etc

The new management team has really turned the company around and they expect a good profit next year.

To effect a positive reversal of a trend

Let's turn this around 180 degrees and enjoy the rest of our vacation.

To change to the opposite direction from a previous position

She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.

To produce; to output; to generate''

We can turn around 500 units by next week.

To make a situation worse by trying to make it better

They turned it around 360 degrees and now they're losing even more money.

If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time. Turning the company around won't be easy In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions If the economy turned round the Prime Minister's authority would quickly increase
cause to get better; "The new stategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
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"
cause to get better; "The new stategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math
If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction. Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round
If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently. Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning. see also turnaround
If you say that someone turns around and says something, you are indicating that they say it unexpectedly or angrily, especially in order to criticize another person or to defend themselves. I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, `I told you so'
see turn 1
get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"
to turn around

    Silbentrennung

    to turn a·round

    Türkische aussprache

    tı tırn ıraun

    Aussprache

    /tə ˈtərn ərˈoun/ /tə ˈtɜrn ɜrˈaʊn/
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