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
AsunciÓNah-soon-THYON (Spanish), ah-soon-SYON (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Ruchel-Yiddish
Thabo-Southern African, Tswana
IgnÁCEEG-nahts (Hungarian)Hungarian, Czech
TwylaTWIE-ləEnglish
Kesha-Russian