turn about
Speech parts
1. turn about - Noun
2. turn about - Verb
3. turn about - Adverb
Meaning
(obsolete, intransitive) To revolve.
(dated, intransitive) To reverse one's position; to turn round.
(obsolete, reflexive) To turn (oneself) around.
(transitive) To change or reverse the position of.
(transitive) To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about.
turn about (not comparable)
Synonym of turn and turn about
turn about (plural turn abouts or turns about)
(rare) Alternative spelling of turnabout
turn-about (not comparable)
sequentially; in turn
turn-about (plural turn-abouts)
Alternative spelling of turnabout.
Alternative names
turn-about
Synonyms
Examples
At 2:40 pm, during the second lap and near a turn about pylon 3, a trailing aircraft's (LOWERS R-1 N66AN) wing and propeller hit the right wing tip of a leading aircraft (CASSUTT BARTH N7017).
All parts of a rigid merry-go-round or turntable turn about the axis of rotation in the same amount of time.
Most of all I have gained encouragement directly from readers (and dare I admit, an ego boost--though I've got to watch such a creature, always liable to turn about and gobble me whole), and gained insight and support from fellow writers.
The hyperbola has mirror symmetry about its principal axes, and is also symmetric under a 180° turn about its center.
The pursuit for Fox took a turn about eight months ago when the New York-based media firm agreed to sell its assets to Disney for $52.4 billion.