turn over

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place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
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cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
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move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
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turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
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do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"
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cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"
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turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
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turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
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think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"