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 At least 10 states have voluntarily turned over the personal information of millions of voters to the Justice Department. Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026 At this point, all the waters in the lake have literally turned over. Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026 The teen's body was turned over to the Floyd County Coroner's Office for a death investigation, which is ongoing, the Floyd County Police Department and the Rome-Floyd Fire Department said. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Green's office started seeing dozens of properties turned over to different LLCs. Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 24 June 2026 The store turned over its windows and breezeway in the 59th Street flagship to the activewear brand, resulting in sales that more than doubled its past volume, Newell said. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 Federal immigration officials are urging New York authorities not to release a 59-year-old Salvadoran national accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on Long Island, warning that he should be turned over to ICE if released from local custody. Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 According to police records obtained by ABC News, the guns, ammunition and other tactical gear that was taken from Tycen Proper's room by his family was located at the home of his grandfather and turned over voluntarily to the to the Knox County Sheriff's Office for safekeeping. Jack Date, ABC News, 19 June 2026 Medallia, a software company that runs customer-satisfaction polls, was turned over to its lenders yesterday after being unable to pay its debt. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned over
Verb
  • Around 2021, this collector relinquished 34 objects (including the bronze Buddhas).
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
  • Briscoe came out of the pits with the lead with 42 laps to go and never relinquished it despite a strong push from Bell.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2026
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  • Voters have already handed a good chunk of democracy itself over to nationalist, religious and ideological fascism.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The regent turned to the 15-year-old boy and handed him full political power, five years ahead of schedule.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
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  • The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The restrictions were overturned late last month following weeks of discussions that led to Anthropic creating additional cybersecurity safeguards for its technology.
    Lorelei Smillie, Fortune, 9 July 2026
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  • Or the time a person flipped their car over to avoid hitting a raccoon that was casually strolling across a busy downtown intersection (neither the driver nor the raccoon were injured).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • After a few minutes, the patty is flipped and the onions get kissed with heat.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
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  • The rain had rendered the dirt tracks we were meant to use … um, unusable.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • The responding officers rendered first aid to the victims before they were taken to local hospitals.
    Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
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  • The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California displays another former Air Force One jet, but it wasn't transferred there until 2003, 14 years after his presidency.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • It is rumored that he will be transferred from German club SC Freiburg to English Premier League giant Newcastle.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
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  • Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
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  • Over the last decade, China reversed its brain drain, luring thousands of skilled workers back home to help fuel its rise as a technology powerhouse.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Some conditions that cause hydrangeas to die can be reversed if caught and corrected quickly.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 15 July 2026

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“Turned over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20over. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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