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. Phil Murphy:

   If you're out on our roads and come across a flooded section, please just turn around -- don't go ahead. Sadly, we lost too many people in Ida who went ahead.

2. Daniel Magee:

   The location is Richmond Lock and and we saw a group of spectators, we saw a seal there earlier this year, which is unusual, so we thought it was him again, as we got closer I saw a fin and realized it was a whale. Some lock keepers hosing him down and it looked like the tide was going up so he could turn around. I realized that the whale might be injured as it started rolling on its side and thrashing about.

3. Tony Pham:

   I don't understand how they justify doing that. And then turn around and look at the workforce in their face and tell them that they support them as employees of ICE and DHS, i don't understand it.

4. Jonathan Arthur:

   You do everything right, you slow down, you submit to the authority of law enforcement, you do the right thing, you wait until a well-lit place to pull over you're on a dark road -- you don't want anybody to get hurt -- and then Daniel Crocker turn around and repay your courtesy with this.

5. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

   I'd like to warn Russia, which is giving air support to the YPG in its advance on Azaz, not to use this terrorist group against the innocent people of Syria and Turkey, russia condemned yesterday's attack, but it is not enough. All those who intend to use terrorist organizations as proxies should know that this game of terror will turn around like a boomerang and hit them first.