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Synonyms of turnabout
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
- employees regarded the latest turnabout as a sure sign that management hadn't a clue as to what it was doing
Synonyms for turnabout
- about-face,
- about-turn
- [British],
- flip-flop,
- reversal,
- turnaround,
- U-turn,
- volte-face
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 17 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of turnabout was in 1789
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