turn something over 🗨 to give someone the right to own something, or the responsibility for something such as a plan, business, piece of property, etc.: turn something over to somebody  Local police have turned the case over to the FBI. turn something over to somebody 🗨 to give someone the right to own something, or to make someone responsible for dealing with something. He’ll turn the shop over to his son when he retires. @learningadvancedenglish turn the matter/problem/responsibility etc over to somebody I’m turning the project over to you. • I turned him over to find he was already dead. Within a few years the increased prosperity of the yard had so impressed John Shuttleworth that he turned the business over to him. • Graeme did all the cooing at first but has now turned his saucepans over to his talented young apprentice, Steve Webb. • Some lawmakers have even called for turning its functions over to private industry. @learningadvancedenglish @learningadvancedenglish #speaking #phrasalverb 61 views07:21
