"turn one's life around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: turns one's life around [present, singular, third-person], turning one's life around [participle, present], turned one's life around [participle, past], turned one's life around [past]
Etymology: From turn around (“to change in a fundamental way”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|turn around||to change in a fundamental way}} turn around (“to change in a fundamental way”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turn one's life around (third-person singular simple present turns one's life around, present participle turning one's life around, simple past and past participle turned one's life around)
  1. (figurative) To make drastic changes to one's way of life as a form of self-improvement. Tags: figuratively Translations (Translations): muuttaa elämänsä suunta (Finnish), reprendre sa vie en main (French), riprendere in mano la propria vita (Italian), zmieniać życie na lepsze [imperfective] (Polish), zmienić życie na lepsze [perfective] (Polish)

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