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turn round

• move so as to face in the opposite direction.
• "Alice turned round and walked down the corridor"
• prepare a ship or aircraft for its return journey.
• "cleanliness also shortens the time it takes to turn a ship round"
• reverse the previously poor performance of an organization and make it successful.
• "the combination of skills and commitment in a workforce can turn a company round"

turnaround noun

• an abrupt or unexpected change, especially one that results in a more favourable situation.
• "it was a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes"
• the process of completing or the time needed to complete a task, especially one involving receiving something, processing it, and sending it out again.
• "a seven-day turnaround"
• a space for vehicles to turn round in, especially one at the end of a driveway or dead-end street.


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