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Turn Over| Verb | 1. | turn over - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"give - leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?" transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" sneak, slip - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" deal - give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" relinquish, resign, give up, release, free - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" entrust, leave - put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" | | | 2. | turn over - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | | 3. | turn over - move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"rim - roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket" revolve, roll - cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" | | | 4. | turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" furrow, groove, rut - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" rootle, rout, root - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" spade - dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds" shovel - dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long" trowel - use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work burrow, tunnel - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest" | | | 5. | turn over - do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"transact - conduct business; "transact with foreign governments" | | | 6. | turn over - cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" evert - turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; "evert the eyelid" leaf - turn over pages; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript" | | | 7. | turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" upend - become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended" | | | 8. | turn over - turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" | | | 9. | turn over - think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"see - deliberate or decide; "See whether you can come tomorrow"; "let's see--which movie should we see tonight?" premeditate - consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand; "premeditated murder" debate - argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" wrestle - engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years" hash out, talk over, discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget" think twice - consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child" consider, study - give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving" | |
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