Definition of turnabout
1a : a change or reversal of direction, trend, policy, role, or characterb : a changing from one allegiance to anotherc : turncoat, renegaded : an act or instance of retaliating turnabout is fair play
2 : merry-go-round
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Examples of turnabout in a Sentence
employees regarded the latest turnabout as a sure sign that management hadn't a clue as to what it was doing
Recent Examples of turnabout from the Web
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Crowley disputes that his appeal to Trump prompted the FDA’s turnabout on Galafold.
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The move is only a procedural step forward but a symbolic turnabout for a fight that the 800 residents of King Cove have been waging for decades.
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Negative publicity has spurred other Facebook turnabouts as well.
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The lawsuit is a striking turnabout for the DEQ, the agency that investigations have shown was largely to blame for the city's disastrous switch away from Detroit water to the Flint River as a temporary drinking source in April 2014.
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Quickly, a reporter pointed out the rest of the story - the reason for Anthem's turnabout.
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Quickly, a reporter pointed out the rest of the story — the reason for Anthem’s turnabout.
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Compton has generated national attention for what many consider a remarkable turnabout in recent years.
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What’s more, the U.S. turnabout fed a perception that the country wasn’t reducing its emissions, despite progress in the private sector and on the state and local level, the official says.
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First Known Use of turnabout
1789
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playDefinition of turnabout for Students
: a change from one direction or one way of thinking or acting to the opposite In a complete turnabout, he admitted that he had lied.
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