turn around
verb- 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.
- To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position). · She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.
- 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. · 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.
- To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
- To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc. · You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.
- To consider from a different viewpoint. · Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.
- (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate. · We can turn around 500 units by next week.
From the library
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.
This made the keeper turn around, and he burst into a loud laugh.
Danglars followed his guide without opposition, and had no occasion to turn around to see whether the three others were following him.
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