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Definition of Turn over

1. Verb. Place into the hands or custody of. "They turn over the parcel to their parents"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

2. Verb. Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. "These cars won't turn over "; "He tumped over his beer"

3. Verb. Move by turning over or rotating. "These balls turn over easily"; "Turn over on your left side"

4. Verb. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. "Turn over the soil for aeration"

5. Verb. Do business worth a certain amount of money. "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"

6. Verb. Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of. "They turn over the coin "; "Turn a page of a book"

7. Verb. Turn from an upright or normal position. "These cars won't turn over "; "The canoe tumped over"

8. Verb. Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse. "Turn over the pancakes"

9. Verb. Think about carefully; weigh. "They turn over moving "; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

Definition of Turn over

1. Verb. (&lit turn over) ¹

2. Verb. To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To relinquish; give back. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To transfer. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To mull, ponder ¹

7. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn Over

turn of events turn of logs turn of phrase turn of the century turn of the year turn off turn on a dime turn on its head turn on one's heel turn one's back

turn one's nose up turn one's stomach turn out turn over turn over a new leaf turn round turn signal turn someone's crank turn someone's head turn tail

turn the air blue turn the corner turn the frown upside down turn the other cheek turn the page turn the table turn the tables turn the tide

Literary usage of Turn over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"Hawaii: huli, to turn in general, to turn over and about. ... to turn over in the mind, to ponder. Tahiti: huri, to turn over, to roll. ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"1. to turn over, throw over; 2. to put on, apply (a poultice, &c. ... 2. to turn over, to miss, overlook ; i lo compute, calculate, estimate (roughly); ..."

3. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"But While says there was no Government property to turn over. The Commissioner required him to turn it over, bnt the collector says there was none to turn ..."

4. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Duty to turn over Assets to Trustee.—It is the duty of the receiver to turn over to the trustee, on his appointment, the assets remaining in his hands, ..."

5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"To transfer. Excusing himself, and turning mar the fault to fortune ; then let it be your ill fortune too. AI To TURN over. ..."

6. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of Charles II by Gilbert Burnet (1840)
"So he was looked on as a man that would more effectually advance the design of popery, than if he should turn over to it. And indeed, bad as he was, ..."

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