turn around

• Verbo compuesto que se usa para indicar la acción de girar para mirar o ir en dirección opuesta, o para referirse a cambiar el curso de una situación, proceso o tendencia.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of changing direction to face the opposite way, or to reverse a situation, process, or trend.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Change directionformal

   To rotate or reverse the direction of movement.

   girar, dar la vuelta

   • He turned around when he heard his name.
   • The car turned around in the narrow street.
   • She turned around to face the audience.

   Sinónimosabout-facedouble backpivotreverseturn back

   Antónimosadvancecontinueproceed

2. Improve a situationformal

   To change a situation from bad to good, especially in business or performance.

   dar la vuelta / revertir una situación

   • The new CEO managed to turn around the struggling company.
   • They turned around their financial losses within a year.
   • A good coach can turn around a losing team.

   Sinónimosboostimproveoverhaulrectifyrehabilitaterescuereverserevivesalvagetransform

   Antónimosdeclinedeteriorateregressworsen

3. Complete quicklyinformal

   To process or finish something in a short amount of time.

   Resolver rápidamente

   • The repair shop can turn around your car in two hours.
   • We need to turn around this report by tomorrow morning.
   • The kitchen can turn around a large order in under 30 minutes.

   Sinónimoschurn outcompletedispatchexpeditefinishhandleprocess

   Antónimosdelayprocrastinateprolong

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