phrasal verb

Turn around

Rank #2304Letter TInseparable

2Sections

Make something successful or profitable that has been doing badly

Meanings

  • Make something successful or profitable that has been doing badly (separable [optional], International English)
  • Produce or complete work (inseparable, International English)
  • React negatively (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • My computer's TURNING AROUND; I think I might have a virus.
  • My laptop keeps TURNING AROUND at random times.
  • The old machine TURNED AROUND whenever I tried to use it.

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