180
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4.4
- noun
- /wʌn ˈhʌndrəd ˈeɪti/
- Informal
:
giro de 180 grados
- Oh, you know, half pipe, full pipe, the pipes, 360s, 180s, anything, any three digit numbers, really.
Examples
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Fabrics grade out from the low 80s up to luxurious 180s.
Blog text (31) -
It's not even a Beaver load; I could do it in one of the 180s, but I'm not inclined to leave her at the float right now.
Fiction book (1997) -
Priced from the $180s, you can find a modern dream home at a price you can afford.
Blog text (24) -
If the Church can do 180s in one area of doctrine, why not in all areas of doctrine?
Blog text (3) -
The same can be said of any effort to evaluate the over-180s on the basis of eminence and achievement.
Academic text (1992) -
Bertran's got a mess of 180s sitting on the pond in Juneau.
Fiction book (1997) -
"But we can't move all this freight in Cessna 180s—and what about the lake trips?"
Fiction book (1997) -
Today, it would be hard to understand why a handsome complex of museums was built on 155th Street, 15 blocks north of City College, why New York University built a grand campus in the West Bronx, why Yeshiva University was located up in the 180s, and why so many of New York's great cultural institutions and colleges and universities were located where they now are.
Academic text (1998) -
After realizing their approach wasn't effective, the team made a 180 in their marketing strategy.
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The politician's sudden 180 on the controversial issue surprised many of his supporters.
Synonyms
25
4.2
A change to the opposite direction or position, for example when wind turns
22
5.2
A sudden change to the opposite decision or policy
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6.7
A sudden change in opinion or policy that reverses an earlier decision
10
6.0
A complete change to the opposite view or decision
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7.3
A sudden, complete change of direction or opinion
1
6.6
A sudden public change of a decision or promise
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9.6
A sudden complete change of opinion or plan
A decision to stop a journey and go back because of a problem
Surface Forms
Etymology
180 Also means a complete change because it comes from a '180-degree' turn. 180 degrees is 'half a circle' and faces the 'opposite way', so to 'do a 180' is to make a full change of direction or opinion.