switch-aroundn.
/ˈswɪtʃəraʊnd/ A switching or turning round; an alternation or exchange; a reversal of position, opinion, etc.; = turn-round n. 2.
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the world > time > change > exchange > [noun]
change?c1225
changingc1350
interchangingc1374
exchangec1384
permutationa1398
commutation1496
achange1530
chopping and changing1548
interchange1548
exchanging1553
promutation1560
intercourse1576
counterchange1579
chopping1581
counter-cambio?1592
interchangementa1616
commerce1631
swapping1695
barter1819
counterchanging1881
switching1904
va-et-vient1919
switch-around1981
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] > change to other or former condition
re-entry1599
reaction1792
shift1826
reversal1862
swing-back1862
flop1880
revert1895
throwback1923
swing-over1927
U-turn1929
right turn1940
swing-round1940
turnaround1941
turn-round1963
U-ey1976
switch-around1981
1981 Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 12/7 Mr Barry Askew, 44, editor of the Lancashire Evening Post for 12 years, was named yesterday as editor of the News of the World in a switch-around by Mr Rupert Murdoch..involving two of his Fleet Street titles.
1983 Punch 27 Apr. 59/3 I may get a shoulder bag. One step at a time, though. You can only carry off this kind of behaviourist switch-around by easy stages.
1987 Sunday Express Mag. 12 Apr. 79/2 While singing showbiz is packed with pacesetters whose glitzy switcharounds keep fans happy, fans lead as well as follow.
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