turn around

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

"At different phases of the day it can feel quite placid, you can feel out of the game with the ball and things can turn around," said Root.

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"I turned around as quick as I could and drove back to the park," he told the BBC.

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"A tanker of this size cannot be turned around in a matter of days, like a speedboat turning 180 degrees in the other direction. It takes time."

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He said: "My mum turned around to me before she died, and said, 'I want you to carry on fighting this case because you've done nothing wrong'."

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“You must be joking. You spend all this time denying me and then you turn around and say that you are, in fact, my mother?”

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