overturn

6 definitions • 7 examples

to (cause to) turn over:

The car skidded off the road, hit a tree and overturned.

The intruder had overturned some of the furniture in the house.

to change a legal decision:

The Court of Appeal overturned the earlier decision.

If you overturn someone's majority in an election in the UK, you defeat them:

The Labour candidate unexpectedly overturned the long-standing Tory majority.

to turn over, or to cause something to turn over:

[ I ] The truck overturned, spilling its cargo.

To overturn a decision or judgment is for a court to change it so it will not be in effect:

[ T ] The court of appeals overturned her conviction and ordered a new trial.

to change a legal decision:

overturn a decision/verdict/ruling The Court of Appeal overturned the earlier decision.