turn round
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To process; to complete work on (something), especially with a view to sending it on in a finished state.
Colloquial; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The body was turning round slowly as it fell."
- "It seemed that there was someone behind me; but when I turned round, no one was there."
- "You can't turn round and blame me all of a sudden."
- "He turned the glass round and examined the other side."
- "The stopover is very short, and crews will have about 15 minutes to turn the plane round."
- "The interest of individual ships and merchants frequently clash with the general interest, but at times of pressure there is seldom disagreement on the point that the best arrangements are those which permit the greatest number of vessels to be turned round in any given time."