about-turnnoun [ C ]
uk/əˌbaʊtˈtɜːn/us/əˌbaʊtˈtɝːn/UK US about-facea change of direction:
I'd only gone a little way down the street when I remembered I hadn't locked the door, so I made/did a quick about-turn.
a complete change of opinion or behaviour:
This is the government's second about-turn on the issue.
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Changing direction
- bear
- branch off
- branch off sth
- decoy
- deflect
- deflection
- detour
- divert
- glance
- glance off (sth)
- head
- head sb/sth off
- oscillate
- peaked
- sheer
- slew 1
- turn
- U-turn
- veer
- yo-yo
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