OVERTURN


Meaning of OVERTURN in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If something ~s or if you ~ it, it turns upside down or on its side.

The lorry veered out of control, ~ed and smashed into a wall...

Alex jumped up so violently that he ~ed his glass of sherry...

...a battered ~ed boat.

VERB: V, V n, V-ed

2.

If someone in authority ~s a legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid.

His nine-month sentence was ~ed by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.

= overrule

VERB: V n

3.

To ~ a government or system means to remove it or destroy it.

He accused his opponents of wanting to ~ the government.

VERB: V n

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