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phrasal verb
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theyturn over
he/she/itturns over
present participleturning over
past tenseturned over
past participleturned over
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  1. 1
    [transitive] to give someone or something to someone in authority, especially because they have ordered you to
    turn someone/something over to someone: The local police turned him over to the FBI.
  2. 2
    [intransitive/transitive] if an engine turns over, or if you turn it over, it starts or continues to operate
    He turned the engine over to check that it would start without any problems.
  3. 3
    [transitive] American to stop speaking at a meeting and allow someone else to speak
    I’d like to say a few words and then turn it over to you, Mike.
  4. 4
    [transitive] to allow something to be used for a particular purpose or by a particular person
    turn something over to something: The museum has turned all its halls over to the dinosaurs.
    turn over something to something: They have turned over the property to the Conservation Society to be preserved.
  5. 5
    [transitive] to think carefully about all the details of something
    He began to turn the scheme over in his mind.
  6. 6
    [intransitive/transitive] to turn something such as a page in a book or a sheet of paper so that the other side is toward you
    You may turn your exam papers over now.
  7. 7
    [transitive]turn over something to make a particular amount of money in a particular time
    The teenager’s computer company turns over around £60,000 a year.
  8. 8
    [intransitive] to change the position of your body when you are lying or sleeping so that you face the opposite direction
    She turned over and went back to sleep.
See also main entry: turn



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