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Verb turn around has 3 senses
- swing around, swing about, turn around - turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake"
--1 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- turn around - cause to get better; "The new stategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
--2 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- turn around, pick up - get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
--3 is one way to better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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