turnaboutnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtɜːn.ə.baʊt/us/ˈtɝːn.ə.baʊt/a complete change from one situation or condition to its opposite:
How did the candidate explain the dramatic turnabout in his views on immigration?
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Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- sea change
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- twist
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