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Dictionary definition · turn over

verb

  1. place into the hands or custody of"hand me the spoon, please"
  2. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position"The cat knocked over the flower vase"
  3. move by turning over or rotating"The child rolled down the hill"
  4. turn up, loosen, or remove earth"Dig we must"
  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"
  8. turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse"flip over the pork chop"
  9. think about carefully; weigh"They considered the possibility of a strike"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).