turn over

place into the hands or custody of

• “hand me the spoon, please”
• “Turn the files over to me, please”
• “He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers”

cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

• “The cat knocked over the flower vase”
• “the clumsy customer turned over the vase”
• “he tumped over his beer”

move by turning over or rotating

• “The child rolled down the hill”
• “turn over on your left side”

turn up, loosen, or remove earth

• “Dig we must”
• “turn over the soil for aeration”

do business worth a certain amount of money

• “The company turns over ten million dollars a year”

cause to move around a center so as to show another side of

• “turn a page of a book”

turn from an upright or normal position

• “The big vase overturned”
• “The canoe tumped over”

turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

• “flip over the pork chop”
• “turn over the pancakes”

think about carefully; weigh

• “They considered the possibility of a strike”
• “Turn the proposal over in your mind”