Turn a phrase

Turn a profit

Turn your ankle

Turn traitor

Or turn something on its head

Turn something inside out

a) to pull a piece of clothing, bag etc so that the inside is facing out

Turn the sweater inside out before you wash it.

b) also turn something upside down

to search everywhere for something, in a way that makes a place very untidy

Thieves had turned the house upside down.

c) also turn something upside down

to completely change the way that something is done, organized, thought about etc

New approaches to marketing turn old practices upside down.

Her opinion of him had been turned on its head.

10. have turned the corner

to start to improve after going through a difficult period or experience

The manager of the hotel chain claims that they have turned the corner.

11. MAKE/LET GO OUT

[transitive] to make or let someone or something go out from where they are

turn somebody/something out/outside/into etc (something)

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board.

There are some criminals who cannot be turned loose onto the streets.

12. TIDE

[intransitive] if the tide turns, the sea starts to come in or go out again

13. CHANGE DEVELOPMENT

[intransitive and transitive] if something such as a war, situation, game of sport etc turns, or someone turns it, something happens to change the way it is developing

Mills turned the game by scoring twice.

The victory turned the tide of the war in North Africa.

to be disloyal to a person, group, or idea that you have strongly supported before

to twist your ankle in a way that injures it

ￚs ynonym sprain

Wright turned his ankle in the first minutes of the game.

16. an actor turned politician/a housewife turned author etc

someone who has done one job and then does something completely different

ￚsee also poacher turned gamekeeper

17. turn somebody's head

to be attractive in a romantic or sexual way

She turned heads whenever she walked into a room.

18. turn (people's) heads

if something turns people's heads, they are surprised by it

It did turn some heads when he moved back to the village.

American English to make a profit

to say something in a particular way

Cohen knows how to turn phrase in his lyrics.

21. LAND

[transitive] to break up soil so that it is ready for growing crops

a distant tractor turning the soil

22. WOOD/METAL

[transitive] to shape a wooden or metal object using a special tool

23. MILK

[intransitive] British English if milk turns, it becomes sour

ￚ turn (somebody) against somebody/something phrasal verb

to stop liking or supporting someone or something, or to make someone do this

Many people had turned against the war.

Dave felt she was deliberately turning the kids against him.

turn around phrasal verb

1. if a business, department etc that is not successful turns around, or if someone turns it around, it starts to be successful

The company turned around from losses of £1.4 million last year to profits of £26,800.

turn something ↔ around

At Rockwell International he had turned around a badly performing division.

ￚsee also turnaround

2. if a situation, game etc turns around, or if someone turns it around, it changes and starts to develop in the way you want

After I met him, my whole life turned around.

turn something ↔ around

Fender's batting could turn matches around in half an hour.

3. turn around and say/do etc something

spoken to say or do something that is unexpected or that seems unfair or unreasonable

You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.

4. turn something ↔ around

to consider an idea, question etc in a different way, or change the words of something so that it has a different meaning

Let's turn the whole idea around and look at it from another angle.

5. turn something ↔ around

to complete the process of making a product or providing a service

We can turn around 500 units by next week.

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