NOUN
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turning in an opposite direction or position
the reversal of the image in the lens
VERB
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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 -
improve dramatically
The tutor turned around my son's performance in math
The new strategy turned around sales -
improve significantly; go from bad to good
Her performance in school picked up
How To Use turn around In A Sentence
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- And the fact is that women just dig men who see clips of defenseless mother pigs stuffed in crates so small that they can't turn around, and then blurt out, "But, I love me some bacon! Josh Tetrick: Five Reasons Why Man = Meat
- If Sprint cannot fulfill its promise to return to growth in subscribers, also known as post-paid customers, it cannot turn around its financials, Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett said. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- His first impulse was to turn around and walk away, blank her out, pretend he hadn't even seen.
- Every time I turn around he seems to be checking up on me.
- If you get tired one day, you will see my smile as long as you turn around.
- But Ruben liked to pick and pick at her until she exploded so he could turn around and call her childish.
- You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.
- They're willing to do anything in service to any liberal with money, and then they'll turn around and in self-righteous indignation claim that they have cleaner hands than anybody in the news business who accepts advertising or expresses a point of view. Notable & Quotable
- Once I had reached a little ways beyond the last place I checked I decided to turn around.
