turnabout
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈtɜrnəˌbaʊt/
- The historically dramatic turnabout was precipitated by three critical cases of Soviet overstretch.
- a complete turnabout
Examples
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No scholarly discovery nor any new critical insight justified this remarkable turnabout.
Academic text (1993) -
Emma, however, gradually recovered, and then we find perhaps the most surprising turnabout of all in this strange saga.
Academic text (1990) -
The fact that this involved a complete turnabout in policy surprised no one since it met the needs of the moment.
Academic text (1993) -
What brought you to this turnabout, Mary Warren?
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With this turnabout, left-wing writers suddenly fell in love with the show.
Academic text (2009) -
After her initial horror at discovering their origin wore off, my mother did a complete turnabout in her feelings toward the beans.
Fiction book (1997) -
But drought and 1995's cotton crop failure triggered a dramatic turnabout in planting patterns.
Academic text (1997) -
And government reports issued at the close of the Nixon years vividly illustrated the 180-degree turnabout in conventional wisdom.
Academic text (1991) -
Golde's case illustrates what many anthropologists encounter: a turnabout in the expectations and performance of their roles in the field.
Academic text (1996) -
The team's unexpected turnabout in strategy led them to victory in the final minutes of the game.
Synonyms
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4.4
A change in the usual way of doing things in a group or organization
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3.4
A time when a person decides they feel differently about something
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4.2
A change to the opposite direction or position, for example when wind turns
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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
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7.3
A sudden, complete change of direction or opinion
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4.2
A sudden change to the opposite direction or a setback that stops progress
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2.8
A decision to take back a previous choice or opinion
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4.4
A complete change of direction or opinion
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6.6
A sudden public change of a decision or promise
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5.5
Changing a previous promise, decision, or opinion
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9.6
A sudden complete change of opinion or plan
A sudden change of plans, policy, or behaviour
A decision to stop a journey and go back because of a problem
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Etymology
Turnabout is made of turn and about, which together mean 'turn' and 'around', like turning your body the other way, so a turnabout is a sudden change to the opposite direction, position, or opinion.