turn over
phrasal verbturn over
- to change position so that the other side is facing towards the outside or the top
- If you turn over you might find it easier to get to sleep.
- The car skidded and turned over.
- (figurative) The smell made my stomach turn over (= made me feel sick).
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- (of an engine) to start or to continue to run
- to change to another channel when you are watching television
turn over something
- to do business worth a particular amount of money in a particular period of time
- The company turns over £3.5 million a year.
turn something over
- to make something change position so that the other side is facing towards the outside or the top
- Brown the meat on one side, then turn it over and brown the other side.
- to think about something carefully
- She kept turning over the events of the day in her mind.
- (of a shop) to sell goods and replace them
- A supermarket will turn over its stock very rapidly.
- (informal) to steal from a place
- Burglars had turned the house over.
- to make an engine start running