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. Charles Phillips:

   As much as I would like to say that the current madness that we see in public policy about gun safety will turn around in the next election cycle, I don’t think it’s likely.

2. Angelo Nicolo of Trenton:

   All of a sudden, my brother goes to me,' You hear that gunfire ?' I go,' It sounds like fireworks.' He said,' No, that's gunfire.' Next thing you know, we turn around and everybody's running down the street. All hell broke loose.

3. Robert Baer:

   At any moment, we have to understand they could close Kabul's airport. All they would need to do is put a couple of mortars in the middle of it. C-17s would turn around and have to leave. That's their protocol, so, the Taliban are calling the shots. And there's nothing we can do. If they say we have to be out by the 31st, that's what we're going to have to do, unless we were to re-invade Afghanistan, which I don't see coming.

4. Jeffrey Smith:

   The light bulb will go off and they do a better job. Sometimes they'll turn around so fast that we have sometimes put them on other boards.

5. Investment Minister Ashraf Salman:

   We have a silent revolution where economic reform is concerned ... we have only had seven months. We have to be more realistic. This economy started to turn around in only seven months.