phrasal verb · neutral
turn over
UK/tɜːn ˈəʊvə/US/tɜrn ˈoʊvər/TURN·O·VER
to flip something so the other side is up; to hand control or responsibility to someone
Examples
“Please turn over the page to continue reading.”
“The founder turned over the business to his daughter.”
“Turn the steak over after three minutes.”
Band 8 sentence
“After negotiating with the board, the CEO turned over daily operations to a professional management team.”
Collocations
- turn over the page
- turn over the company
- turn over a new leaf
Word family
Common mistakes
He turn over the report yesterday.→He turned over the report yesterday.
The company turn over $1m last year.→The company had a turnover of $1m last year.
Say it for a higher band
5flip→6hand over→7+turn over
Synonyms
flip
Easily confused
hand over
“The manager handed over the keys to the new supervisor.”
turnover
“The company's annual turnover increased significantly.”
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