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Turn over has 10 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

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"

3

move by turning over or rotating

"The child rolled down the hill"

"turn over on your left side"

4

turn up, loosen, or remove earth

"Dig we must"

"turn over the soil for aeration"

5

do business worth a certain amount of money

"The company turns over ten million dollars a year"

6

cause to move around a center so as to show another side of

"turn a page of a book"

7

turn from an upright or normal position

"The big vase overturned"

"The canoe tumped over"

8

turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

"flip over the pork chop"

"turn over the pancakes"

9

think about carefully; weigh

"They considered the possibility of a strike"

"Turn the proposal over in your mind"

10

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn,‎ over.

Example Sentences
"hand me the spoon, please" verb
"Turn the files over to me, please" verb
"He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" verb
"The cat knocked over the flower vase" verb
"the clumsy customer turned over the vase" verb
"he tumped over his beer" verb
"The child rolled down the hill" verb
"turn over on your left side" verb
"Dig we must" verb
"turn over the soil for aeration" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
transfer move turn remove transact hash out
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
give slip deal hand over release entrust rim furrow rout spade shovel trowel burrow evert leaf capsize upend see premeditate debate wrestle think twice
Rhyming Words
ver 0ver aver tver ever over hover hiver giver inver never river liver 4ever laver paver raver 5ever tiver saver
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