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turnabout

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Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of turnabout

about-face, about-turn [British], flip-flop, reversal, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face

Words Related to turnabout

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)

Phrases Synonymous with turnabout

change of heart

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