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turn around
Idioms and Phrases
Reverse the direction or course of something or someone, as in He has a way of turning around a failing business , or If someone doesn't turn him around he's headed for trouble . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
He told the BBC he would have turned around on the road but there were other vehicles behind him wanting to get past.
I turned around to find Kaitlyn and her mother staring fearfully at the mound of cash.
Will its ambitious slate, including ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ turn around its prospects?
Announcing the deal, ministers said they were working to turn around a "decade of underfunding and neglect".
"He did turn around and as he did so he was under the street lamp and the hood moved and I got a very good view of his face."
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