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turn around

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باللغة العربية: اِلْتَفَتَ، اِسْتَدَارَ، تَلَفَّتَ

  1. To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount. · At the end of the road, we turned around and walked back to the hotel.· The world turns around once every twenty-four hours.
  2. To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position). (figuratively, transitive) · She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.
  3. To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc. (transitive) · The new management team has really turned the company around 180 degrees, and they expect a good profit next year.· The team really turned it around in the second half for a great win.
  4. To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side. (transitive)
  5. To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc. (colloquial, intransitive) · You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.
  6. To consider from a different viewpoint. (transitive) · Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.
  7. (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate. (colloquial, transitive) · We can turn around 500 units by next week.

من المكتبة

At the mention of Monte Cristo Dantès started with joy; he rose to conceal his emotion, and took a turn around the smoky tavern, where all the languages of the known world were jumbled in a lingua franca.
The Count of Monte Cristo، ص. 243 · C1
This made the keeper turn around, and he burst into a loud laugh.
The Count of Monte Cristo، ص. 1038 · C1
Danglars followed his guide without opposition, and had no occasion to turn around to see whether the three others were following him.
The Count of Monte Cristo، ص. 1071 · C1

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