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turn over

verb

Meaning

  • To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.

    "Turn over the box and look at the bottom."

  • To relinquish; give back.

    "They turned over the evidence to the authorities."

  • To transfer.

  • To produce, complete, or cycle through.

    "They can turn over about three hundred units per hour."

  • To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).

    "The business turned over £1m last year."

  • To mull, ponder

  • To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.

  • To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).

    "The Giants didn't turn the ball over in their last four games."

  • To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.

    "I've turned over the whole place, but I still can't find my glasses."