turns over
Yields to another
Turns over covers several related actions involving rotation or transfer.
To turn something over is to flip it: She turned over the pancakes.
You turn over in bed when you roll to face another direction.
To turn something over to someone is to hand it to them or transfer control: He turned the documents over to the police.
An engine turns over when it starts running.
To turn over an idea is to consider it from different angles.
In commerce, a business turns over inventory by selling and replacing stock.
- rotateTurn about an axis
- flipQuick turning motion
- pondersReflects on deeply
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- rollList of names
tip · relinquish · hands in · entrust · mulls · switch · tilling · upends · ransack · pivot · topple · spin · delivers · inverts · ruminate · surrenders · gives up · considers
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