TURNED OVER Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

turned over

verb

past tense of turn over

as in relinquished

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak

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as in left

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another turned the evidence over to the police

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as in turned turtle

to turn on one's side or upside down don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself

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as in flipped

to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing would you mind turning the picture over so I can see if the backing needs to be replaced

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Recent Examples of turned over However, a fire department spokesperson confirmed that some of the cases have been turned over to the Kansas City Police Department’s Bomb and Arson unit to investigate possible criminal activity. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 But clearly the city and college have turned over a new leaf. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 The puppy was then turned over to Tulare County Animal Services the next morning for care. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Wells had left his keys in Pitalo’s bedroom and they were turned over to Wells’ stepfather, attorneys added. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 This concession may ultimately open the door for administrators of the future to argue that writing instruction should be turned over to robots for the sake of savings and efficiency. — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026 Notice how Davis begins to make his way down the left flank as soon as possession is turned over. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 According to this version, Collier had told Roosevelt that if the hunt was turned over to him, completely, the bear would be found. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 The deadly incident was captured on a Costco security video camera, which was turned over to police and reviewed, according to the court papers. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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Goss voluntarily relinquished his Missouri law license and surrendered his right to practice law in Kansas.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
During her tenure, Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava relinquished their titles; Voigt had accused Rose of a toxic workplace culture.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of relinquished

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The deal also included no guard rails for how the $10 million should be spent, allowing it to be handed directly to two organizations without any effort to seek competitive bids.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Crawford, a longtime supporter of Ukraine and a devotee of the American pit bull terrier, came forward and handed a reddish-yellow puppy to Zelensky.

— Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of handed

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According to The Sacramento Bee, California Highway Patrol said the crew member was driving a semi-truck that veered off the interstate highway and overturned.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
At least one person died Thursday morning after a big rig overturned on Interstate 5 south of Zamora in Yolo County, according to the California Highway Patrol.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of overturned

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The video traded the genre’s typical easy-breezy style for a mashup of clips where flames rose, expletives flew, and Tiedemann flipped the bird toward the camera at every opportunity.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
In September 2025, its Leawood location flipped its concept into LaPez Mod Mex, a slightly more upscale version of the Southern California-Mexican brand.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of flipped

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Written and rendered by dudes who longed for unlimited success, these are songs about cheating and being cheated on and trying but failing to be content, or love as lived amid capitalist indulgence.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
Hopkins said modern safety design wraps uranium fuel pellets in multiple layers of heavy-duty ceramics and graphite casing, and they’re rendered inert when separated.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rendered

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Instead, detectives say the group used falsified invoices and documents and transferred cash into personal bank accounts.

— Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Defense lawyers have argued that the CIA’s treatment of Mohammed undermined the voluntariness of his later statements to the FBI, even though those interrogations took place after he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of transferred

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Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of fell

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Shares of Nvidia which had initially declined slightly after the earnings report, reversed course and increased by more than 5% in after hours trading as company executives discussed the results on the conference call.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Iran accepted meaningful limits on its nuclear program in 2015, for instance, and reversed decades of hostility toward Saudi Arabia by normalizing ties in 2023.

— Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

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