turn around

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turn around  

turn around
turn around (also turn round British English) phrasal verb (see also turn)
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. ⇨ 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.
6. every time somebody turns around spoken very often or all the time:
    Every time I turn around he seems to be checking up on me.