overturned

4 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

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.