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Definition of turn round phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

turn round

phrasal verb
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turn around | turn somebody/something around
(also turn round, turn somebody/something round especially in British English)
  1. to change position or direction so as to face the other way; to make somebody/something do this
    • Turn around and let me look at your back.
    • I turned my chair around to face the fire.
turn around | turn something around
(also turn round, turn something round especially in British English)
  1. if a business, economy, etc. turns around or somebody turns it around, it starts being successful after it has been unsuccessful for a time related noun turnaroundTopics Successc2
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