turn (sth) over
UK — phrasal verb with turn /tɜːn/
/tɝːn/ verb Definition
› to change to a different television station: This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC2?Television
(Definition of turn (sth) over from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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