turn over Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb place into the hands or custody of
give; reach; hand; pass; pass on.
- hand me the spoon, please
- Turn the files over to me, please
- He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
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verb cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
tip over; tump over; upset; knock over; overturn; bowl over.
- The cat knocked over the flower vase
- the clumsy customer turned over the vase
- he tumped over his beer
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verb move by turning over or rotating
roll.
- The child rolled down the hill
- turn over on your left side
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verb turn up, loosen, or remove earth
delve; dig; cut into.
- Dig we must
- turn over the soil for aeration
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verb do business worth a certain amount of money
- The company turns over ten million dollars a year
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verb cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
turn.
- turn a page of a book
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verb turn from an upright or normal position
tump over; overturn; tip over.
- The big vase overturned
- The canoe tumped over
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verb turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
flip over; flip.
- flip over the pork chop
- turn over the pancakes
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verb think about carefully; weigh
moot; deliberate; consider; debate.
- They considered the possibility of a strike
- Turn the proposal over in your mind
