get turned around

verb

To become lost; to lose one's way.

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Meanings

verbget turned around (third-person singular simple present gets turned around, present participle getting turned around, simple past got turned around, past participle (UK) got turned around or (US) gotten turned around)

present singular third person gets turned around · participle present getting turned around · past got turned around · UK participle past got turned around · US participle past gotten turned around

  1. To become lost; to lose one's way.

    I didn’t do well in cities and remembered why as I crawled up roads at snail’s pace and got turned around by one-way streets.

    2015 September 15, Victoria Blisse, Good Manors, Lincoln, England: Totally Entwined Group, →ISBN, page 197
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APA

get turned around. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20turned%20around

MLA

“get turned around.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20turned%20around. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get turned around,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20turned%20around.

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