turn over
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To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
โTurn over the box and look at the bottom.โ
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To relinquish; give back.
โThey turned over the evidence to the authorities.โ
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To transfer.
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To produce, complete, or cycle through.
โThey can turn over about three hundred units per hour.โ
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To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
โThe business turned over ยฃ1m last year.โ
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To mull, ponder
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To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
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To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
โThe Giants didn't turn the ball over in their last four games.โ
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To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
โI've turned over the whole place, but I still can't find my glasses.โ
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