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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

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"She turns around, he's down on one knee and she's very emotional," Streete said.

From Barron's

I turn around to see Emma running across the yard, her bare feet kicking up grass clippings and her disheveled hair flying in the breeze like a lion’s mane.

From Literature

Large told the BBC the dissolved companies relate to his role as a transformation and change person, meaning he turned around businesses.

From BBC

When they turned around, the wooden door became stone, and the archway had sealed itself once again.

From Literature

All of the happiness that thought it might be safe to come back to our house had to turn around and go back to where it came from.

From Literature