Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[turn out]{v.} 1. To make leave or go away. •/His father turned him out of the house./ •/If you don’t behave, you will be turned out./ Compare: THROW OUT. 2. To turn inside out; empty. •/He turned out his pockets looking for the money./ •/Robbers turned out all the drawers in the house in a search for jewels./ 3. To make; produce. •/The printing press turns out a thousand books an hour./ •/Sally can turn out a cake in no time./ •/Martin turns out a poem each week for the school paper./ 4. {informal} To get out of bed. •/At camp the boys had to turn out early and go to bed early too./ Contrast: TURN IN(4). 5. {informal} To come or go out to see or do something. •/Everybody turned out for the big parade./ •/Many boys turned out for football practice./ Compare: FALL OUT. 6. To prove to be; be in the end; be found to be. •/The noise turned out to be just the dog scratching at the door./ •/Her guess turned out to be right./ •/Everything turned out all right./ 7. To make (a light) go out. •/Please turn out the lights./ Syn.: TURN OFF(1).

[turnover]{n.} 1. The proportion of expenditure and income realized in a business; the volume of traffic in a business. •/Our turnover is so great that in two short years we tripled our original investment and are expanding at a great rate./ 2. Triangular baked pastry filled with some fruit. •/John’s favorite dessert is apple turnovers./ 3. The number of employees coming and going in a company. •/The boss is so strict in our office that the turnover in personnel is very large./

[turn over]{v.} 1. To roll, tip, or turn from one side to the other; overturn; upset. •/He’s going to turn over the page./ •/The bike hit a rock and turned over./ 2, To think about carefully; to consider. •/He turned the problem over in his mind for three days before he did anything about it./ 3. To give to someone for use or care. •/I turned my library books over to the librarian./ •/Mrs. Jackson brought her boy to the school and turned him over to the housefather./ •/Bob turns over most of the money he earns to his mother./ 4. Of an engine or motor; to start. •/The battery is dead and the motor won’t turn over./ 5a. To buy and then sell to customers. •/The store turned over $5,000 worth of skiing equipment in January./ 5b. To be bought in large enough amounts; sell. •/In a shoe store, shoes of medium width turn over quickly, because many people wear that size, but a pair of narrow shoes may not be sold for years./

[turn over a new leaf]{v. phr.} To start afresh; to have a new beginning. •/"Don’t be sad, Jane," Sue said. "A divorce is not the end of the world. Just turn over a new leaf and you will soon be happy again."/ Compare: CLEAN SLATE.

[turn over in one’s grave] See: TURN IN ONE’S GRAVE.

[turn over in one’s mind]{v. phr.} To carefully consider. •/I will have to turn it over in my mind whether to accept the new job offer from Japan./

[turn tail]{v. phr.}, {informal} To run away from trouble or danger. •/When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran./