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"text": "Turn around once or twice so I can see your new dress.",
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"text": "If you kids don't cut it out I will turn this car around!",
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"ref": "1756 November, Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber, editors, The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer, volume 25, page 517",
"text": "...and called him his father; this overpowered the brave man's heart, and obliged him to turn around, to prevent the tears that stood ready to gush from his eyes.",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "dar vuelta"
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "rotar"
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "dar la vuelta"
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"_dis1": "63 13 6 5 6 3 4",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "darse la vuelta"
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"text": "She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.",
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"ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21",
"text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.",
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"(transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position)."
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "se retourner"
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "dar a volta"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gyrízo",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "γυρίζω"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "tornare indietro"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "odwracać się"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "odwrócić się"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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"word": "voltear"
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"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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"text": "The new management team has really turned the company around 180 degrees, and they expect a good profit next year.",
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"text": "The team really turned it around in the second half for a great win.",
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{
"text": "They were way ahead but the game turned around on them and they lost 4–3.",
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"ref": "2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2-1 Everton”, in BBC",
"text": "It took changes from Wenger and a rare defensive lapse from Everton before Arsenal finally turned the game around with two goals in the space of five minutes.",
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{
"ref": "2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times",
"text": "Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.",
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"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."
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"(transitive, business, management, sports) 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."
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"word": "svoltare"
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{
"_dis1": "3 5 74 5 7 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"word": "dar a volta por cima"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"word": "çevirmek"
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{
"_dis1": "3 5 74 5 7 3 3",
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"_dis1": "12 14 20 15 14 12 14",
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"Security",
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"ref": "2014, Joseph DiMona, To the Eagle's Nest",
"text": "Some months ago, the Captain had come to the FBI with a story that he had been contacted by Soviet agents, and the FBI had “turned him around” and used him to plant false and specially made up classified material of no importance on the Soviets.",
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"(transitive, espionage) To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side."
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"text": "You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.",
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"To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc."
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"text": "Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.",
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"To consider from a different viewpoint."
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"(transitive, idiomatic, of an idea) To consider from a different viewpoint."
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "轉身"
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"note": "of a person",
"roman": "zhuǎnshēn",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "omdraaien"
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "pyörähtää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "pyörähtää ympäri"
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "retourner"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "dar unha volta"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "umdrehen"
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"roman": "gyrízo",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "γυρίζω"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "girare"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "振り向く"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "회전하다"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"word": "obrócić się"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "rodar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "girar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "dar uma volta"
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{
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "dar vuelta"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "rotar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "dar la vuelta"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "darse la vuelta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees",
"word": "vända"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿoxel",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "փոխել"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "muuttaa mielensä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "se retourner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "dar a volta"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "virar"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "umdrehen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gyrízo",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "γυρίζω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "tornare indietro"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "odwracać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "odwrócić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "virar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "reîntoarce"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmenjátʹsja",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
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],
"word": "изменя́ться"
},
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"english": "to change",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmenítʹsja",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "измени́ться"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "voltear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to change to the opposite opinion or position",
"word": "vända"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "kääntää + accusative + edukseen (transitive, of games; positive)",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"raw_tags": [
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"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
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"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "kääntyä + genitive + eduksi",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
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"positive"
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "kääntyä + partitive + vastaan",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"word": "svoltare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"word": "dar a volta por cima"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"word": "çevirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reverse an expected outcome",
"word": "döndürmek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to consider from a different viewpoint",
"word": "kääntää toisinpäin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to consider from a different viewpoint",
"word": "harkita toisesta näkökulmasta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to produce; to output; to generate",
"word": "valmistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"raw_tags": [
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"sense": "idiomatic: to effect a positive reversal of a trend",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kääntää"
}
],
"word": "turn around"
}
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