turned over

past tense of turn over
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as in relinquished
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

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as in flipped
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

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Recent Examples of turned over However, before it was stopped, it was found that the IRS had already turned over the addresses of 47,000 people to ICE. — Ken Sweet, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 As part of the Herald’s records request, the county turned over a competing courthouse proposal by another Miami developer, Moishe Mana. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 He was later sentenced in federal court and served time in federal custody before being turned over to local authorities. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 State legislators also introduced the Innovative School District program in 2016, which allowed low-performing public schools to be turned over to an outside group, such as a charter school operator. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026 This was after Chief Compounce, the former owner of the land, drowned himself in the lake the day before the land was turned over to developers. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 Packers trainers and medical personnel immediately rushed onto the field to check on Reed, who was turned over onto his back. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 Every piano gets turned over to a Chicago artist like Megan Quigley. — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The records turned over to the Senate were first reported by the New York Post and show Thomas’ actions were a surprise to his family. — Michael Ruiz , Kelley Kramer, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned over
Verb
  • Suwarso relinquished his standard four-ticket allocation for the game.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Fast forward two years, and Variety reported that Unwell had dropped Hot Mess and relinquished all rights to the show, giving Earle the freedom to pursue new opportunities.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • By May 2024, Red Lobster was in bankruptcy court, and Thai Union essentially handed the keys over to creditors, including Fortress Investment Group, which emerged as the eventual owner.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Yet the way the alleged data could be abused should feel familiar to anyone who has handed personal information to an employer, bank, health provider, insurance company or government agency.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • And although American vagrancy laws were deemed unconstitutionally vague and overturned in 1972, police maintained the authority to make arrests based on suspicious types of nonaction.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That judgment, however, was overturned on a procedural issue.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Just a week later, Bonta flipped and announced a package of behavioral remedies.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Similarly, in 2021/22, there was a swing from concern about a collapse in retail demand with the onset of the pandemic to a scramble to secure inventory after the release of record amount of global stimulus flipped the consumer outlook.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • They were rendered invisible in the dominant discourse, their deaths acceptable costs in a game of power politics and conquest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Abercrombie, who was born in Texas in 1909 and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, is known for enigmatic, psychologically potent compositions of natural objects and mysterious figures rendered in a muted palette.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Just minutes later, Meyer transferred $10,000 from a fund account containing only investor money to the Meyer Global Partners account.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After recovering from physical injuries sustained in the TikTok Live, Hilton was transferred to an inpatient psychiatric facility, his brother-in-law reported on Hilton’s podcast in late August.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Once the stimulation was terminated, the effect rapidly reversed and repetitive behavior resumed.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Half of the keto participants reversed their prediabetes, whereas only 29% in the Mediterranean group and 7% in the plant-forward diet had that result.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, HEALTH, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Turned over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20over. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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