turn over to
phrasal verbturn somebody over to somebody
- to deliver somebody to the control or care of somebody else, especially somebody in authority
- Customs officials turned the man over to the police.
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turn something over to somebody
- to give the control of something to somebody
- He turned the business over to his daughter.
turn something over to something
- to change the use or function of something
- The factory was turned over to the manufacture of aircraft parts.