1 if sth overturns, or if sb overturns it, it turns upside down or on its side:
[V] The car skidded and overturned. * [VN] He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.
2 [VN] to officially decide that a legal decision etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer valid:
to overturn a decision / conviction / verdict * His sentence was overturned by the appeal court.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is overturn a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, overturn is tagged as verb.
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