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turn one's life around

turn one's life around verb: to make drastic changes to one's way of life as a form of self-improvement.

Verb

turn one's life around (third-person singular simple present turns one's life around, present participle turning one's life around, simple past and past participle turned one's life around)

  1. (figuratively) To make drastic changes to one's way of life as a form of self-improvement.

Forms of turn one's life around

third-person singular presentturns one's life around
present participleturning one's life around
past participleturned one's life around
pastturned one's life around

Origin of turn one's life around

From turn around (“to change in a fundamental way”).

Questions about turn one's life around

What does turn one's life around mean?
Turn one's life around means to make drastic changes to one's way of life as a form of self-improvement.
What part of speech is turn one's life around?
Turn one's life around is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn one's life around?
The past tense of turn one's life around is turned one's life around.

Words near turn one's life around in the dictionary

  1. turn on, tune in, drop out
  2. turn one's back
  3. turn one's coat
  4. turn one's color
  5. turn one's hand to
  6. turn one's life around
  7. turn one's life upside down
  8. turn one's nose up
  9. turn one's world upside down
  10. turn or burn
  11. turn out

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