turn around (something)



turn around (something)

To reverse the direction or course of something; to reverse the way something is facing or oriented. I swear, if you kids don't stop fighting back there, I am going to turn around this car and take us straight back home! The company is hiring a new financial consultant to turn around the sales trends of the last two years.
See also: around, turn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Henriettahen-ree-ET-ə (English)English, Hungarian, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch
AtenAH-tən (English)Egyptian Mythology
SargonSAHR-gawn (English)History
WilmaVIL-mah (German, Dutch), WIL-mah (Dutch), WIL-mə (English)German, Dutch, English
Leticiale-TEE-thyah (Spanish), le-TEE-syah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Camillakə-MIL-ə (English), kah-MEEL-lah (Italian, Danish), KAH-meel-lah (Finnish)English, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology