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TURN OVER

Definition:

[verb] place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
Synonyms: pass, hand, reach, pass on, give
[verb] cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
Synonyms: overturn, tip over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
[verb] move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
Synonyms: roll
[verb] turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
Synonyms: dig, delve, cut into
[verb] do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"
[verb] cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
Synonyms: turn
[verb] turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
Synonyms: overturn, tip over, tump over
[verb] turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
Synonyms: flip, flip over
[verb] think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
Synonyms: consider, debate, moot, deliberate