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  • verb Used other than as an idiom: see turn,‎ over.
  • verb To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To relinquish; give back.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To transfer.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To produce, complete, or cycle through.
  • verb transitive To mull, ponder
  • verb transitive, intransitive To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
  • verb transitive, sports To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).

Etymologies

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to turn + over

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