turn over

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
  2. To relinquish; give back.
  3. To transfer.
  4. To produce, complete, or cycle through.
  5. To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
  6. To mull, ponder
  7. To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
  8. To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
  9. To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
  10. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

turn over turns over turning over turned over

Etymology

From turn + over.

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