if an engine turns over, or if you turn it over, it starts or continues to operate
to allow something to be used for a particular purpose or by a particular person
to change the position of your body when you are lying or sleeping so that you face the opposite direction
to enter a place illegally and steal things from it
to give someone or something to someone in authority, especially because they have ordered you to
to make a particular amount of money in a particular time
to stop watching one television channel and to start watching another
to think carefully about all the details of something
to turn something such as a page in a book or a sheet of paper so that the other side is towards you
A couple have been forced to turn over part of their land to a pig which has invaded their garden.
And the same question turns over in his mind again and again.
Capital was turned over productively about three times per year.
Carefully turn over and cook for another 5 minutes.
He began to turn the scheme over in his mind.
He turned over in bed and reached down to her.
He was consuming more calories in a day than some people do in a week - and yet he was barely able to turn over in bed.
I could see your mind turning over and over.
I turned over in bed and groaned.
In turning over his thoughts he mentioned that'family is a big thing '.
It must also turn over certain evidence to those individuals.
It now turns over 70m a year.
It would be something special to turn over giants like that.
Let’s turn over – this is really boring.
Our buggy turned over on its side.
She turned over and went back to sleep.
So we turn over and go back to sleep.
The business globally turns over about 2 billion annually.
The local police turned him over to the FBI.
The museum has turned all its halls over to the dinosaurs.
The two bosses expect to turn over about 250,000 in the first year.
They have turned over the property to the Conservation Society.
Turn over and give it 2 minutes more, then throw in the sugar and garlic.
WHO turned over my engine?
We got back to find the flat had been turned over.
We've also expanded the shop and the business is turning over good money.
With six gears, motorway cruising is very relaxed, the engine hardly turning over.
You may turn over your exam papers now.
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