turn over

turn over

verb

Definition of TURN OVER

1

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress <reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak>

Synonyms cede, cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render, turn in, turn over, yield

Related Words commit, consign, entrust (also intrust), transfer; forfeit, release, waive; abnegate, renounce, resign; abandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed

Near Antonyms keep, retain, withhold

2

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another <turned the evidence over to the police>

Synonyms commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Related Words confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over

Antonyms hold, keep, retain

3

to turn on one's side or upside down <don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself>

Synonyms overturn, turn over, upset

Related Words invert, overset, overthrow, pitchpole, topple, tump (over) [chiefly Southern], upend; careen, heel, keel, lean, list, tilt, tip; collapse, fall, founder, give

Near Antonyms stand up, straighten (up); erect, raise

Antonyms right

4

to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing <would you mind turning the picture over so I can see if the backing needs to be replaced>

Synonyms flip, invert, turn over

Related Words transpose; exchange, interchange, shift, switch; overturn, upset