turn over

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de retourner quelque chose de manière à ce que l'autre côté soit dessus, ou de transférer la possession ou la responsabilité à une autre personne.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of rotating something so that the other side is facing up, or transferring possession or responsibility to someone else.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Rotate or flipformal

   To cause something to rotate so that the other side is facing up or forward.

   retourner, faire pivoter

   • Please turn over the page to continue reading.
   • He turned over the pancake with a spatula.
   • She turned over the card to see its value.

   Synonymesflipinvertoverturnreverseupend

2. Transfer or hand overformal

   To give control or possession of something to someone else.

   remettre / céder

   • The company was turned over to new management.
   • He turned over the keys to the new owner.
   • She turned over the evidence to the police.

   Synonymescedeconveydelivergivehand overpass onrelinquishsurrendertransferyield

   Antonymeskeepretain

3. Change position in bedinformal

   To move your body so that you are lying on your other side.

   Se retourner dans son lit

   • I couldn't sleep and kept turning over all night.
   • He turned over and pulled the blanket up.
   • She turned over to face the window.

   Synonymesroll overturn

4. Start an engineinformal

   To cause an engine to start running.

   mettre en marche

   • He turned over the engine and it roared to life.
   • The car wouldn't turn over this morning.
   • She turned over the motor and drove away.

   Synonymescrankfire upstartstart up

Verbe de baseturn