turning over
Inverting something's position
Turning over centers on rotation or reversal.
You turn over a page, a pancake, or a playing card to reveal the other side.
To turn something over in your mind is to consider it from different angles.
Turning over responsibility or possession means transferring it: She turned the project over to her colleague.
An engine turns over when it starts running.
In business, turning over refers to generating revenue: The shop turns over a million a year.
- invertingTurning something over
- rotatingTurning on an axis
- flipQuick turning motion
- in bedReclining for sleep
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
pivot · swiveling · flicking · relinquish · spinning · surrender · giving up · twisting · rolling · aerate · soil tilling · somersault · plow · profit · profit margin · churn · upending · stomach churning
turning overlying flat
Positioned horizontally, not upright
staying put · holding still · resting · standing still · immobile
turning overkeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · withholding · hoarding · concealing · guarding
turning overstalling
Intentional delay tactics
dying · cutting out · shutting off · stopping · sputtering out
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