7 PHRASAL VERB If you turn out the contents of a container, you empty it by removing them or letting them fall out. □ [V P n] Turn out the dough on to a floured surface. □ [V n P + of/from ] Turn the plants out of their pots. [Also V n P ]
8 PHRASAL VERB If people turn out for a particular event or activity, they go and take part in it or watch it. □ [V P + for ] Thousands of people turned out for the funeral. □ [V P ] It was no wonder the fans turned out. The matches yielded 259 goals.
9 → see also turned out , turnout
▸ turn over
1 PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over , or if it turns over , it is moved so that the top part is now facing downwards. □ [V n P ] Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously. □ [V P n] She sat down and turned over the test paper □ [V P ] The buggy turned over and Nancy was thrown out.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you turn over , for example when you are lying in bed, you move your body so that you are lying in a different position. □ [V P ] Ann turned over in her bed once more.
3 PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over in your mind, you think carefully about it. □ [V n P + in ] Even when she didn't say anything you could see her turning things over in her mind.
4 PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over to someone, you give it to them when they ask for it, because they have a right to it. □ [V n P + to ] I would, indeed, turn the evidence over to the police. □ [V P n] The lawyer turned over the release papers. [Also V n P ]
5 PHRASAL VERB If you turn over a job or responsibility that you have, you give it to someone else, so that you no longer have it. □ [V P n + to ] The King may turn over some of his official posts to his son. [Also V n P ]
6 PHRASAL VERB If you turn over when you are watching television, you change to another channel. □ [V P ] Whenever he's on TV, I turn over.
7 → see also turnover
▸ turn over to PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over to a different function or use, you change its function or use. □ [V n P P n] When he first leased the land in the late 1970s, he planned to turn it over to cereal production.
▸ turn round → see turn around
▸ turn up
1 PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone or something turns up , you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time. □ [V P ] Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you turn something up or if it turns up , you find, discover, or notice it. □ [V P n] Investigations have never turned up any evidence. □ [V P ] …a very rare 15th-century spoon, which turned up in an old house in Devon. [Also V n P ]
3 PHRASAL VERB When you turn up a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced, by adjusting the controls. □ [V P n] Bill would turn up the TV in the other room. □ [V n P ] I turned the volume up. □ [V n P adj] Turn the heat up high.
turn|about /tɜː r nəbaʊt/ N‑SING A turnabout is a complete change in opinion, attitude, or method. □ [+ in ] As her confidence grows you may well see a considerable turnabout in her attitude.
turn|around /tɜː r nəraʊnd/ (turnarounds )
1 N‑COUNT A turnaround is a complete change in opinion, attitude, or method. □ [+ in ] I have personally never done such a complete turnaround in my opinion of a person.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A turnaround is a sudden improvement, especially in the success of a business or a country's economy. □ [+ in ] The deal marks a turnaround in the company's fortunes.
3 N‑VAR The turnaround or turnaround time of a task, for example the unloading of an aircraft or ship, is the amount of time that it takes. □ It is possible to produce a result within 34 hours but the standard turnaround is 12 days. □ The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.
turn|coat /tɜː r nkoʊt/ (turncoats ) N‑COUNT If you describe someone as a turncoat , you think they are disloyal or deceitful, because they have left their party or organization and joined an opposing one. [DISAPPROVAL ]
tu rned ou t ◆◇◇ ADJ [adv ADJ ] If you are well turned out or smartly turned out , you are dressed smartly. □ …a well-turned-out young chap in a black suit.
turn|ing /tɜː r n I ŋ/ (turnings )
1 N‑COUNT If you take a particular turning , you go along a road which leads away from the side of another road. □ Take the next turning on the right.
2 → see also turn
tu rn|ing point (turning points ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A turning point is a time at which an important change takes place which affects the future of a person or thing. □ [+ in/for ] The vote yesterday appears to mark something of a turning point in the war.
tur|nip /tɜː r n I p/ (turnips ) N‑VAR A turnip is a round vegetable with a greenish-white skin that is the root of a crop.
tu rn-off (turn-offs )
1 N‑COUNT A turn-off is a road leading away from a major road or a motorway.