turn round

phrasal verb

turned round; turning round; turns round

chiefly British

1

: to cause a vehicle to travel in the opposite direction

We turned round in someone's driveway.

She turned the car round and drove back home.

2

: to change and become better or more successful

The economy should turn round soon.

3

: to change (something) in a way that makes it better or more successful

The new CEO has really turned the company round in the past year.

Examples of turn round in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All of which means Boca Juniors must now beat amateurs Auckland City and hope Benfica lose to the German champions while turning round a seven-goal difference to reach the knockouts. —Jack Lang, New York Times, 21 June 2025

People turn round when there’s a rare visitor: Tyson Fury or whoever. —Andy Mitten, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025

Once, the girl sitting in front turned round and said, ‘My friends at home are watching on TV and want to know why Wonder Woman is not dressed up today’. —Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024

The display flips out and turns round for great versatility and is especially useful for taking selfies. —David Phelan, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

Rhymes for turn round

• abound
• aground
• around
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground