Synonyms for turn around
turn around

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1. reversal, turn aroundverb

   turning in an opposite direction or position

   "the reversal of the image in the lens"

   Synonyms:
   volte-face, reverse, reversion, policy change, turnabout, transposition, flip-flop, blow, black eye, reversal, change of mind, turnaround, about-face, setback

2. swing around, swing about, turn aroundverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   pick up, swing around, swing about

3. turn aroundverb

   improve dramatically

   "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

   Synonyms:
   pick up, swing around, swing about

4. turn around, pick upverb

   improve significantly; go from bad to good

   "Her performance in school picked up"

   Synonyms:
   nail, percolate, call for, swing about, lift up, perk up, get wind, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, catch, arrest, apprehend, receive, perk, find out, intoxicate, pick up, peck, nab, discover, swing around, collar, cop, see

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1. Liza Heaton:

   Maybe it will turn around, and if it doesn’t, enjoy what you have. Enjoy the time you have left.

2. State Mike Pompeo:

   Weve asked every country to step up andtell us what they know so that the world can learn, america will then turn around, we will share the information we get and well keep people safe, not only here in the United States, but all across the world.

3. Liz San Millan:

   There was a loud noise ... I turn around and all of a sudden, my moms leg is through the ceiling, my dad said, Did you just fall through the ceiling? and [my mom] said, Youre not going to ask if Im OK? She was a little sassy about it, actually.

4. Joshua Horwitz:

   Gun violence is obviously a complicated issue and doesn’t just turn around because of a month or two of different sales, there are so many guns in America that a blip in the sales rate is not going to change the death and injury rate in any meaningful fashion, and it’s just too early to tell.

5. Maxine Waters:

   I'm troubled to see yet another bank plead guilty to criminal charges only to turn around and ask federal regulators to allow it to continue doing businesses as if it has done nothing wrong, i hope that the Department of Labor appropriately scrutinizes this waiver request by Deutsche Bank, and I believe a public hearing would provide much needed transparency to an historically opaque process.