'turn around' definitions:
Definition of 'turn around'
(from WordNet)
noun
Turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens" [syn: reversal, turn around]
verb
Turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake" [syn: swing around, swing about, turn around]
verb
Improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
verb
Improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up" [syn: turn around, pick up]
Synonyms of 'turn around'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- break back,
- change back,
- circle,
- circulate,
- circumrotate,
- circumvolute,
- come about,
- convert,
- crank,
- cry back,
- do a flip-flop,
- do an about-face,
- evert,
- fetch about,
- flip-flop,
- go about,
- go around,
- go back,
- go round,
- gyrate,
- gyre,
- hark back,
- heel,
- introvert,
- intussuscept,
- invaginate,
- inverse,
- invert,
- pirouette,
- pivot,
- pivot about,
- pronate,
- put about,
- resupinate,
- reverse,
- revolve,
- rotate,
- round,
- screw,
- spin,
- supinate,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swivel,
- transpose,
- turn,
- turn a pirouette,
- turn about,
- turn back,
- turn down,
- turn in,
- turn inside out,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn round,
- turn tail,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn upside down,
- twist,
- veer,
- veer around,
- wamble,
- wheel,
- wheel about,
- whirl,
- wind