turn around

Verb

 * 1)  To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
 * 2)  To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
 * 5)  To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
 * 6)  To consider from a different viewpoint.
 * 7)  (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
 * 1)  To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
 * 4)  To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
 * 5)  To consider from a different viewpoint.
 * 6)  (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
 * 1)  To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
 * 2)  To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
 * 3)  To consider from a different viewpoint.
 * 4)  (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
 * 1)  To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
 * 2)  To consider from a different viewpoint.
 * 3)  (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
 * 1)  To consider from a different viewpoint.
 * 2)  (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
 * 1)  (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.

Usage notes
The business and sports sense is often followed by the intensifier 180 degrees. Deriving from this, phrases such as "I turned the project around 360 degrees" are belittled by prescriptivists, mathematicians and cartoonists alike. Often, the speaker intends the meaning of "180 degrees."

Translations

 * Arabic: اِلْتَفَتَ, اِسْتَدَارَ, تَلَفَّتَ
 * Belarusian: абарача́цца, абараці́цца, абярну́цца
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, pyörähtää ympäri
 * French:
 * Galician: dar unha volta
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: huriaro, hurikiko
 * Old English: bewendan
 * Polish: obracać się, obrócić się
 * Portuguese:, , dar uma volta
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, dar vuelta, , dar la vuelta, darse la vuelta
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: muuttaa mielensä
 * French:
 * Galician: dar a volta,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: tornare indietro
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: odwracać się, odwrócić się
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: kääntää + accusative + edukseen, , kääntyä + genitive + eduksi , kääntyä + partitive + vastaan
 * Italian: svoltare
 * Portuguese: dar a volta por cima
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish: kääntää toisinpäin, harkita toisesta näkökulmasta


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