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turn round

phrasal verb

Definition of turn 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.

Word by Word Definitions

turn play

  1. : to cause to move around an axis or a center : make rotate or revolve

  2. : to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting)

  3. : to affect or alter the functioning of (something, such as a mechanical device) or the level of (something, such as sound) by such movement

  1. : the action or an act of turning about a center or axis : revolution, rotation

  2. : any of various rotating or pivoting movements in dancing or gymnastics

  3. : the action or an act of giving or taking a different direction : change of course or posture : such as

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round play

  1. : having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center

  2. : cylindrical

  3. : approximately round

  1. : around

  1. : something (such as a circle, globe, or ring) that is round

  2. : a knot of people

  3. : a circle of things

  1. : to make round

  2. : to make (the lips) round and protruded (as in the pronunciation of \ü\)

  3. : to pronounce with lip rounding : labialize

  1. : around

  2. : all during : throughout

  1. : whisper

  2. : to speak to in a whisper

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