Definitions from Wiktionary (turn turtle)
▸ verb: (intransitive, now historical) To capture a turtle by turning it onto its back.
▸ verb: (intransitive) Especially of a boat or ship, or some other vehicle: to turn upside down.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To fail; to go belly up.
▸ verb: (intransitive, surfing) To roll upside down with one's surfboard (usually a longboard) to allow a wave, especially a wave that has already broken, to pass over.
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▸ verb: (intransitive, now historical) To capture a turtle by turning it onto its back.
▸ verb: (intransitive) Especially of a boat or ship, or some other vehicle: to turn upside down.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To fail; to go belly up.
▸ verb: (intransitive, surfing) To roll upside down with one's surfboard (usually a longboard) to allow a wave, especially a wave that has already broken, to pass over.
Similar:
turtle,
turn about,
retrotort,
about-turn,
change hand,
keel over,
flip over,
retuck,
turn upside down,
turn over,
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