■ turn around

■ turn around
■ turn around
A v. i. + avv.
1 girarsi; voltarsi: I turned around to see who was following me, mi sono voltato per vedere chi mi seguiva
2 girare la testa (per non vedere q.)
3 (autom.) girare; voltare
4 (naut., aeron.) invertire la rotta
5 (fig.) cambiare; mutare; rovesciarsi: (sport) The match can so easily turn around, è così facile che le sorti dell'incontro si rovescino
6 cambiare idea (o parere); mutare politica
7 (comm., fin.) superare il momento critico; (di vendite, ecc.) migliorare
B v. t. + avv.
1 (far) girare; far voltare: Turn your chair around!, gira la sedia!
2 spostare, cambiare posto a (mobili, ecc.)
3 (autom.) girare, voltare (la macchina, ecc.)
4 (naut., aeron.) far invertire la rotta a; (anche) girare (un aereo a terra)
5 (fig.) rigirare: to turn a question [an issue] around, rigirare una domanda [un argomento di discussione]
6 convincere (una spia) a defezionare.

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