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U-turn
U–turn
noun
Definition of U-TURN
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite <did an abrupt U-turn when she learned that her would-be suitor was a dot-commer worth millions>
Related Words bait and switch, switcheroo; denial, disaffirmance, disavowal, disownment, recantation, renunciation, repudiation, retraction; reconsideration, retreat, second thought; hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)
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