turn+over
51turn over — 1) the crate fell off the back of the truck and turned over Syn: overturn, upturn, capsize, keel over, flip, turn turtle, be upended, tip 2) I turned over a few pages Syn: flip over, flick through, leaf through …
52turn over — I. (Active.) 1. Turn, reverse the position of, roll over. 2. Transfer, hand over. 3. Open and examine page by page. 4. Overset, overturn. II. (Neuter.) Roll over, tumble, turn from side to side …
53turn over to — PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over to a different function or use, you change its function or use. [V n P P n] When he first leased the land in the late 1970s, he planned to turn it over to cereal production. [Also V P n (not pron) P n] …
54turn over — 1》 (of an engine) start or continue to run properly. 2》 (of a business) have a turnover of. → turn …
55turn over — Verb. To rob by ransacking a premises. E.g. The library got turned over at the weekend and three computers got stolen …
56To turn over — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
57To turn over a new leaf — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
58To turn over — Turn Turn, v. i. 1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man… …
59turn over a new leaf — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, boost, break up, bring forward, change, civilize, convert, deform, denature, diversify, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance,… …
60turn over in one's mind — {v. phr.} To carefully consider. * /I will have to turn it over in my mind whether to accept the new job offer from Japan./ …
