turn over
[verb]
Synonyms: overturn, knock over, overset, overthrow, tip (over), topple, upset, plow, break, plow up, turn, ponder, chaw, deliberate, meditate, mull (over), muse, revolve, roll, ruminate, give, deliver, feed, find, furnish, hand, hand over, provide, supply, transfer, commit, commend, confide, consign, entrust, relegate

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Contrasted words: get back, reclaim, recover, regain, retrieve, take back
Related Idioms: turn over in one's mind, come across with, put into the hands of
Related Words: assign, confer, consign, convey, delegate, relegate, give up, relinquish, turn up

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turn over phrasal verb (see also turn)

1. turn something over to somebody to give someone the right to own something, or to make someone responsible for dealing with something:
He’ll turn the shop over to his son when he retires.
turn the matter/problem/responsibility etc over to somebody
I’m turning the project over to you.

2. turn something over to something to use land, a building etc for a different purpose:
There is a new plan to turn the land over to wind farming.

3. turn somebody over to somebody to take a criminal to the police or another official organization:
Suspected terrorists are immediately turned over to the law.

4. turn over something if a business turns over a particular amount of money, it earns that amount in a particular period of time:
Within ten years the theme park was turning over £20 million. ⇒ turnover

5. if an engine turns over, or if someone turns it over, it starts to work:
The engine turned over twice and then stopped.

6. British English to turn a page in a book or a sheet of paper to the opposite side:
Turn over and look at the next page.

7. British English to change to another channel on a television:
Can we turn over? There’s a film I want to see.

8. turn something over British English to search a place thoroughly or steal things from it, making it very untidy:
Burglars had been in and turned the whole house over.
⇒ turn over a new leaf at leaf¹(3), ⇒ turn something over in your mind at mind¹(17)

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turn over
turn (someone/something) over
to put someone or something under the control of someone.
As soon as Roger came home his Dad turned him over to the police.

Eventually she turned over the company to her son.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

turn something over
turn (someone/something) over
to put someone or something under the control of someone.
As soon as Roger came home his Dad turned him over to the police.

Eventually she turned over the company to her son.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

turn over
1. • turn over
1). to do business to a certain amount of money/product
We turned over most of our stock last month.

The company turns over much money every month.

2). to roll over
The car turned over during the winter storm.

3). to sell
We were able to turn over most of our stock of air conditioners during the summer.

2. • kick/turn over
a motor starts
At first the engine wouldn't start because it was too cold but finally it kicked over.

3. • turn over (an engine)
to start an engine or motor
It was very cold in the morning so the car engine would not turn over easily.

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turn over
v.
1. To roll, tip, or turn from one side to the other; overturn; upset.
He's going to turn over the page.
The bike hit a rock and turned over. 2, To think about carefully; to consider.
He turned the problem over in his mind for three days before he did anything about it.
3. To give to someone for use or care.
I turned my library books over to the librarian.
Mrs. Jackson brought her boy to the school and turned him over to the housefather.
Bob turns over most of the money he earns to his mother.
4. Of an engine or motor; to start.
The battery is dead and the motor won't turn over.
5a. To buy and then sell to customers.
The store turned over $5,000 worth of skiing equipment in January.
5b. To be bought in large enough amounts; sell.
In a shoe store, shoes of medium width turn over quickly, because many people wear that size, but a pair of narrow shoes may not be sold for years.

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