turns over

present tense third-person singular of turn over
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as in relinquishes
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 flips
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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Verb
  • In a street vacation, the city relinquishes the right of way or public service easement to an adjacent property owner or owners.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Her athletic resume leaves small room for debate on who, besides her, can be crowned the greatest female sprinter of all time.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes, leaves even turn purple, notes the Chicago Botanic Garden.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • New York — Swatch, the Swiss watchmaker, is trolling the 39% tariffs that the United States placed on its home country by selling a watch that flips the location of the 3 and 9 numerals.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • DeFi flips that logic on its head.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The current system of revisions renders an important set of numbers impossible to use.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • To put it mildly, Longo is disheartened by the political climate, by the bullying and attacks on democracy, by war, by the language that renders America as a sports team.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • The scandal also hands fresh ammunition to Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform Party, which is already leading in the polls.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Myke hands her her acoustic guitar and gives her a kiss.
    Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new work overturns that picture.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The decision overturns a ruling by a lower-court judge in 2023 who had declared the law unconstitutional after previously blocking it from taking effect in 2021.
    Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Bitcoin has been trading sideways in recent weeks as other cryptocurrency ecosystems such as Ethereum and Solana take their turns in the spotlight.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Played by the versatile Domhnall Gleeson, in a performance that couldn’t be more different from his memorably unnerving turns in The Patient and Black Mirror, incoming Truth-Teller editor-in-chief Ned Sampson has a sort of aw-shucks, pre-Ozark-Jason-Bateman vibe.
    Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The hurricane center gives the system an 80% chance of formation through the next seven days.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And podcasting gives me the perfect platform to do that.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Turns over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turns%20over. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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