turn around and (do something)
idiom
informal
: to act in an unexpected or surprising way by doing (something specified)
He just turned around and left school.
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The Sharks now travel to face the Central Division-leading Dallas Stars on Saturday, then turn around and face the resurgent Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
As Times reporter Matt Hamilton and reporting fellow Ashley Ahn revealed in their new story, tee times are being snapped up by brokers who then turn around and sell them (plus a fee) through a Korean messaging app.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
No one who understands physics can turn around and accept a claim that Marxism-Leninism is special wisdom that trumps everything else.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Feb. 2024
This meant those invited into the public areas, at the rear of the home, could look in one direction and enjoy views of the property’s interior courtyard, then turn around and see its leafy yard.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024
Some of them will venture further into the Slabs, but most of them will turn around and head back to Babylon.
—Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
The winner must turn around and run again in November.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Cheeky, then, for Biden to turn around and say that he’s immobilized by congressional inaction.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
The Quakers travel to Terre Haute North (14-3) on Thursday night, then turn around and host Terre Haute South (7-8) on Saturday afternoon.
—The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2024
Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
As Times reporter Matt Hamilton and reporting fellow Ashley Ahn revealed in their new story, tee times are being snapped up by brokers who then turn around and sell them (plus a fee) through a Korean messaging app.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
No one who understands physics can turn around and accept a claim that Marxism-Leninism is special wisdom that trumps everything else.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Feb. 2024
This meant those invited into the public areas, at the rear of the home, could look in one direction and enjoy views of the property’s interior courtyard, then turn around and see its leafy yard.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024
Some of them will venture further into the Slabs, but most of them will turn around and head back to Babylon.
—Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
The winner must turn around and run again in November.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Cheeky, then, for Biden to turn around and say that he’s immobilized by congressional inaction.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
The Quakers travel to Terre Haute North (14-3) on Thursday night, then turn around and host Terre Haute South (7-8) on Saturday afternoon.
—The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2024
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