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turn_over
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[ verb ] place into the hands or custody of
Examples "hand me the spoon, please" "Turn the files over to me, please" "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" Used in print (Francis Pollini, Night....)Turn the bastards over to me - to me and my boys - no nigger ever got what would be comin to them - reactionary bastards . |
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[ verb ] cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Examples "The cat knocked over the flower vase" "the clumsy customer turned over the vase" "he tumped over his beer" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)I have no picture in my mind of the garden as_a_whole - that I could not see - but certain aspects of certain corners linger in the memory : wind-blown , frost-bitten , white chrysanthemums beneath a window , with their brittle brown leaves and their sharp scent of November ; ripe pears lying in long grass , to be turned_over by a dusty slippered foot , cautiously , lest bees still worked in the ragged , brown edged holes ; hot colored verbenas in the corner between the dining-room wall and the side porch , where we passed on_our_way to the pump with the half gourd tied to it as a cup by my grandmother for our childish pleasure in drinking from it . |
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[ verb ] to rotate or cause to rotate
Examples : "The child rolled down the hill" "She rolled the ball" "They rolled their eyes at his words" "turn over to your left side" Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)He turned_over impatiently and pulled the sheet over his head against the treacherous encroachment of the dawn . |
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[ verb ] turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Examples "Dig we must" "turn over the soil for aeration" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Occasionally , you may come_across one or two bumblebees in the cold season , when you are turning_over sods in your garden , but you have_to be a really keen observer to see them at_all . |
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[ verb ] overturn accidentally
Synonyms Examples "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" Related terms |
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[ verb ] think about carefully; weigh
Synonyms Examples "They considered the possibility of a strike" "Turn the proposal over in your mind" Related terms discuss debate see wrestle think_twice premeditate study consideration consideration deliberation |
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