Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for turn around. Search instead for Turn+Around.
Synonyms

turn around

Idioms  
  1. 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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

“And then they turn around and weaponized” it against Cancino.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Either Florance and his team turn around the residential side of the business, or they drop it and losses disappear, then perhaps buy back stock.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

“It costs too much to build housing to turn around and rent it to households who are low-income households,” Schwartz said, “unless you have some sort of incentive like the housing credit.”

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

She and aides had made it as far as North Carolina when U.S. officials asked her to turn around, and she did.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

And it was Khrushchev who had ordered his ships to turn around.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training