turnaroundnoun
uk/ˈtɜːn.ə.raʊnd/us/ˈtɝːn.ə.raʊnd/turnaround noun (TIME TAKEN)
[ U ] UK usually turnround the amount of time taken for something to happen after a vehicle, an instruction, or an order for goods arrives at a place:
We'll have to improve the turnaround - three days is too long.
Turnaround time for each order is, on average, four days.
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turn sth around
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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turnaround noun (BIG CHANGE)
[ S ] UK also turnround an occasion when a business, plan, or system suddenly becomes successful:
The CEO was responsible for the turnaround in the company's fortunes.
[ S ] UK also turnround any change from one thing to its opposite:
What a turnaround - they were losing 3–0, they came back to win 4–3.
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Success and achievements
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment
- achievement
- belt
- boom
- escapade
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat
- feather
- fruition
- have sth under your belt idiom
- laugh
- perform/work miracles/a miracle idiom
- prospect
- quantum leap
- sellout
- success
- success story
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Success & failure in business
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