phrasal verb · neutral

turn around

UK/tɜːn əˈraʊnd/US/tɜrn əˈraʊnd/TURN·A·ROUND

speakingtask2

to change something so that it improves; to change direction; to turn one's body to face the opposite way

Examples

The new strategy helped turn the company around within a year.

He turned around to see who was calling his name.

They managed to turn the situation around after months of losses.

Band 8 sentence

After two difficult years, the new manager succeeded in turning the company around by focusing on quality and customer service.

Collocations

  • turn a company around
  • turn things around
  • turn around and see

Word family

turn around phrasal verbturned around past participleturning around gerund/participle

Common mistakes

We need to turn back the sales figures.We need to turn around the sales figures.

He turned around the corner quickly.He turned the corner quickly.

Say it for a higher band

5change6reverse7+turn around

Synonyms

reverse

Easily confused

turn back

The team turned back before reaching the summit because of the blizzard.

reverse

The policy was reversed after public criticism.

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