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turned about

turned about is the simple past and past participle of turn about.

Meaning of turn about

Verb

turn about (third-person singular simple present turns about, present participle turning about, simple past and past participle turned about)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To revolve.
  2. (dated, intransitive) To reverse one's position; to turn round.
  3. (obsolete, reflexive) To turn (oneself) around.
    • Jesus tourned him about, and behelde her saynge: Doughter be off goode comforte, thy fayth hath made the safe.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew viij
  4. (transitive) To change or reverse the position of.
  5. (transitive) To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about.

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Questions about turned about

What is turned about the simple past and past participle of?
Turned about is the simple past and past participle of turn about.

Words near turned about in the dictionary

  1. turned a page
  2. turned a phrase
  3. turned a profit
  4. turned a setback into a comeback
  5. turned a trick
  6. turned about
  7. turned again
  8. turned against
  9. turned an honest penny
  10. turned around
  11. turned around one's finger

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