turn around

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de changer de direction pour prendre le sens opposé, ou pour inverser une situation, un processus ou une tendance.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Change directionformal

   To rotate or reverse the direction of movement.

   faire demi-tour

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

   Synonymesabout-facedouble backpivotreverseturn back

   Antonymesadvancecontinueproceed

2. Improve a situationformal

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

   Redresser (une situation)

   • 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.

   Synonymesboostimproveoverhaulrectifyrehabilitaterescuereverserevivesalvagetransform

   Antonymesdeclinedeteriorateregressworsen

3. Complete quicklyinformal

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

   exécuter rapidement

   • 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.

   Synonymeschurn outcompletedispatchexpeditefinishhandleprocess

   Antonymesdelayprocrastinateprolong

Verbe de baseturn