turn around

1. (ergative)To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.

   At the end of the road, we turned around and walked back to the hotel.

   The world turns around once every twenty-four hours.

   umdrehen

   развора́чиватьсяrazvoráčivatʹsja, разверну́тьсяrazvernútʹsja

2. (figuratively, transitive)To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).

   She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.

   umdrehen

   изменя́тьсяizmenjátʹsja, измени́тьсяizmenítʹsja

3. (transitive)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.

   The new management team has really turned the company around 180 degrees, and they expect a good profit next year.

   The team really turned it around in the second half for a great win.

4. (transitive)To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.

5. (colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive)To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.

   You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.

6. (idiomatic, transitive)To consider from a different viewpoint.

   Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.

7. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive)(often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.

   We can turn around 500 units by next week.

1. He turned around.

   Він обернувся. — deniko

   ruОн развернулся. — fjay69

   deEr drehte sich um. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Don't turn around.

   Не обертайся. — deniko

   ruНе оборачивайся. — marafon

   deDreh dich nicht um. — Plusquamperfekt

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3. Turn around slowly.

   Повільно обернися. — deniko

   ruМедленно обернись. — odexed

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4. Hey, turn around.

   Гей, обернися. — deniko

   ruЭй, обернись. — Aleksandra_k

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5. I turned around.

   Я обернувся. — deniko

   ruЯ обернулся. — marafon

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irregular

• turn upз’являтисяTo show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
• turn offвимкнути, вимикатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, off.
• turn outвийти, виходитиTo end up; to result.
• turn onвключати, вмикатиTo set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
• turn inздати, здаватиTo submit something; to give.
• turn downвідмовити, відкинутиTo refuse, decline, or deny.
• turn backзупинитися, зупинятисяTo reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
• turn overдати, даватиTo flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.