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Turn Around (Verb)

Meaning 1

Improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

  • The company was on the verge of bankruptcy, but after the new CEO took over, things started to turn around.
  • His life turned around after he got married and found a steady job.
  • The coach worked hard to change his team's strategy and it wasn't long before their performance turned around.
  • She was struggling in her first semester, but her grades really turned around after she started seeing a tutor.
  • The manager implemented some much-needed changes, and the store's sales turned around in just a few months.

Synonyms

  • Pick Up

Hypernyms

  • Meliorate
  • Improve
  • Ameliorate

Meaning 2

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".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Examples

  • She suddenly turned around to see who was calling her name from behind.
  • The athlete turned around and sprinted back to the starting line after hearing the false start signal.
  • My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake that would haunt me for the rest of my life.
  • The politician was forced to turn around and face the criticism from the opposition party.
  • When he heard his daughter crying, the father immediately turned around and rushed back home.

Synonyms

  • Swing About
  • Swing Around

Hypernyms

  • Turn

Related Words

  • Turn Around (noun)

Meaning 3

Improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

  • The new CEO turned around the struggling company within a year.
  • The exercise routine really turned around her overall health and wellbeing.
  • The coach's words of encouragement turned around the team's morale in the second half of the game.
  • The marketing campaign turned around the product's decreasing popularity, making it a top seller.
  • The therapist's sessions turned around the patient's mental state, helping them cope with their anxiety.

Hypernyms

  • Meliorate
  • Amend
  • Improve
  • Ameliorate
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