turn round
verb
Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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Roget 312:
rotate;
roll along;
revolve,
spin;
turn round;
circumvolve†;
circulate;
gyre,
gyrate,
wheel,
whirl,
pirouette;
twirl,
trundle,
troll,
bowl.
roll up,
furl;
wallow,
welter;
box the compass;
spin like a top,
spin like a teetotum†.
[of an automobile]
spin out.
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Roget 607:
change one's mind,
change one's intention,
change one's purpose,
change one's note;
abjure,
renounce;
withdraw from
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
waver,
vacillate;
wheel round,
turn round,
veer round;
turn a pirouette;
go over from one side to another,
pass from one side to another,
change from one side to another,
skip from one side to another;
go to the rightabout;
box the compass,
shift one's ground,
go upon another tack.
apostatize,
change sides,
go over,
rat;
recant,
retract;
revoke;
rescind
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
recall;
forswear,
unsay;
come over,
come round to an opinion;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [U.S.].
draw in one's horns,
eat one's words;
eat the leek,
swallow the leek;
swerve,
flinch,
back out of,
retrace one's steps,
think better of it;
come back return to one's first love;
turn over a new leaf
etc.
(repent)
950.
trim,
shuffle,
play fast and loose,
blow hot and cold,
coquet,
be on the fence,
straddle,
bold with the hare but run with the hounds;
nager entre deux eaux [Fr.];
wait to see how the cat jumps,
wait to see how the wind blows.
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Roget 218:
be inverted
&c.;
turn round,
turn about,
turn to the right about,
go round,
go about,
go to the right about,
wheel round,
wheel about,
wheel to the right about;
turn over,
go over,
tilt over,
topple over;
capsize,
turn turtle.
invert,
subvert,
retrovert†,
introvert;
reverse;
up turn,
over turn,
up set,
over set;
turn topsy turvy
etc.
adj.;
culbuter†;
transpose,
put the cart before the horse,
turn the tables.
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