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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]

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"Today was a very important day, playing in front of our fans, we wanted to turn around the situation," Asencio told Real Madrid TV.

From Barron's

“You can’t just turn around and upgrade the grid in a 36 month cycle.”

From MarketWatch

Long before Monday’s national championship game, the Hoosiers’ coach showed just how quickly he could turn around a program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal

Things appear to be turning around for a tiny element— lithium —that is at the center of battery technology powering so much of today’s technology.

From Barron's

I turned around and saw a red-and-white-checkered dress staring back at me.

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