Definition of turn around Turn around
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What does turn around mean?
WordNet
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| turn around - improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up" | ||
| pick up | ||
| ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better get better; "The weather improved toward evening" | ||
| turn around - improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math" | ||
| ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document" | ||
| turn around - turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake" | ||
| swing around, swing about | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- turn around (Noun)
Alternative spelling of turnaround. - turn around (Verb)
To physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees. - turn around (Verb)
To change to the opposite direction from a previous position. - turn around (Verb)
To reverse the expected outcome of a game, usually from a losing position to a winning one. - turn around (Verb)
To reverse a trend, usually towards a more favorable outcome; to return a business, department to effectiveness, profitability, etc. - turn around (Verb)
To be duplicitous. - turn around (Verb)
To consider from a different viewpoint. - turn around (Verb)
Often with a unit of time To produce; to output; to generate. - turn around (Verb)
To effect a positive reversal of a trend. - turn around (Verb)
To make a situation worse by trying to make it better.
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turn around
To turn and face the other direction.
