What does turn around mean?we found 2 entries for the meaning of turn around
 

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "turn around": break back, change back, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, come about, convert, crank, cry back, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, evert, fetch about, flip-flop, go about, go around, go back, go round, gyrate, gyre, hark back, heel, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, pirouette, pivot, pivot about, pronate, put about, resupinate, reverse, revolve, rotate, round, screw, spin, supinate, swing, swing round, swivel, transpose, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn round, turn tail, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn upside down, twist, veer, veer around, wamble, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

turn around

noun

turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens" [syn: reversal]

verb

1: 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" [syn: swing around, swing about]
2: cause to get better; "The new stategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
3: get better; "Her performance in school picked up" [syn: pick up]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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