Usually means: Rotate body to opposite direction.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word turn around:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn around: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. turn around: Merriam-Webster
  3. turn around: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. turn around: Vocabulary.com
  5. Turn-Around, Turn-around, turn-around: Wordnik
  6. turn-around, turn around: Wiktionary
  7. turn around: Dictionary.com
  8. Turn Around (Conor Maynard song), Turn Around (Dick and Dee Dee song), Turn Around (Enigma song), Turn Around (Phats & Small song), Turn Around (Samantha Jade song), Turn Around (album), Turn Around (film), Turn Around, Turn around: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. turn around: Rhymezone
  10. turn around: Phrasal Verb Page
  11. turn around: FreeDictionary.org
  12. turn around: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. turn around: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn around: Legal dictionary
  2. turn around: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn around: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn around: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (turn around)

verb:  (ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
verb:  (transitive, business, management, sports) To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc.
verb:  (transitive, espionage) To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic, of an idea) To consider from a different viewpoint.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
noun:  Alternative spelling of turnaround [The act of turning to face in the other direction.]

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