turn over meaning and definition

TURN OVER verb

Definition of turn over (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"
   • synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach
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"
   • synonyms: bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, upset
3. move by turning over or rotating
   • "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
   • synonyms: roll
4. turn up, loosen, or remove earth
   • "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
   • synonyms: cut into, delve, dig
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"
   • synonyms: turn
7. turn from an upright or normal position
   • "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
   • synonyms: overturn, tip over, tump over
8. turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
   • "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
   • synonyms: flip, flip over
9. think about carefully; weigh
   • "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
   • synonyms: consider, debate, deliberate, moot