"turn it all over"

[jctgf]

hi,

i was supposed to turn a bowl of coins into a container in order to pay my train ticket and i heard that sentence (or something similar) from a cashier at a subway station in toronto.

why "over" is used in this sentence?

thanks,

jc

 

[Buddhaheart]

‘Turn over’ is a phrasal verb. To ‘turn over’ in this context is to give or hand over something (your fare money) to someone, especially someone in authority (the Toronto transit cashier).

 

[RonBee]

You put (or poured) the bowl of coins into the container.

~R