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What (who) is turn around - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Turn around; Turn Around (disambiguation); Turn Around (song)
turn around
or turn round
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see turn
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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.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P
3.
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. (BUSINESS)
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.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P
4.
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. (INFORMAL)
I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, 'I told you so'.
PHRASAL VERB: V P and v
5.
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.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
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see also turnaround
Turn Around (Enigma song)
2001 SINGLE BY ENIGMA
"Turn Around" is a 2001 song created by the musical project, Enigma. The single was the only one which was released from the compilation album, Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits.
Turn the Beat Around
1976 SINGLE BY VICKI SUE ROBINSON
Turn the beat around; Turn The Beat Around
"Turn the Beat Around" is a disco song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson, and performed by American actress and singer Vicki Sue Robinson in 1976 (see 1976 in music), originally appearing on her debut album, Never Gonna Let You Go. Released as a single, the song went to #10 on the Billboard pop charts, and #73 on the Billboard soul chart.
Examples of use of turn around
1. "Every time you turn around, there‘s another scandal.
2. Wagoner has struggled to turn around the North American division.
3. "Everytime I turn around another house is on fire.
4. They are so narrow that the sows cannot turn around.
5. You have to do something to turn around the economy.