turn around (also turn round British English) phrasal verb (see also turn)

1. if a business, department etc that is not successful turns around, or if someone turns it around, it starts to be successful:
The company turned around from losses of £1.4 million last year to profits of £26,800.
turn something ↔ around
At Rockwell International he had turned around a badly performing division. ⇒ turnaround

2. if a situation, game etc turns around, or if someone turns it around, it changes and starts to develop in the way you want:
After I met him, my whole life turned around.
turn something ↔ around
Fender’s batting could turn matches around in half an hour.

3. turn around and say/do etc something spoken to say or do something that is unexpected or that seems unfair or unreasonable:
You can’t just turn around and say that it was all my fault.

4. turn something ↔ around to consider an idea, question etc in a different way, or change the words of something so that it has a different meaning:
Let’s turn the whole idea around and look at it from another angle.

5. turn something ↔ around to complete the process of making a product or providing a service:
We can turn around 500 units by next week.

6. every time somebody turns around spoken very often or all the time:
Every time I turn around he seems to be checking up on me.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

turn around
turn (something) around
to cause a situation or organization to change in a positive direction.
They were losing badly but they turned things around in the second half of the game.

We've hired a new director who we hope will turn around the failing company.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

turn something around
turn (something) around
to cause a situation or organization to change in a positive direction.
They were losing badly but they turned things around in the second half of the game.

We've hired a new director who we hope will turn around the failing company.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲