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Noun
▲
A reversal of policy, attitude or principle
turnaround
about-face
U-turn
volte-face
reversal
turnabout
flip-flop
reverse
turnround
one-eighty
rowback
U-ey
transformation
change of direction
paradigm shift
right about turn
change of tack
switch
shift
change of heart
doubleback
change
swerve
turn
change in direction
retraction
swing
backpedalingUS
backpedallingUK
sea change
more ❯
“He saluted, did an about-turn, and marched out of the tent.”
Noun
▲
A complete change of opinion or policy
U-turn
180 degree turn
backtracking
retraction
reversal
shift
swerve
swing
volte-face
turnaround
turnround
revolution
turn
sea change
change of heart
change of mind
about-face
change
turnabout
flip-flop
change of plan
reversal of policy
volte face
second thoughts
change of opinion
switch
rowback
transition
one-eighty
adjustment
more ❯
“The government was forced to make an embarrassing about-turn over the bill.”
Noun
▲
A profound transformation
sea change
amendment
evolution
modification
revision
variation
mutation
rearrangement
rebuilding
recasting
reconstruction
redoing
remodelingUS
remodellingUK
remoldingUS
remouldingUK
reorganisationUK
reorganizationUS
reshaping
alteration
change
conversion
metamorphosis
overhaul
rejigging
renewal
renewing
renovation
reordering
reshuffling
restyling
revamping
reworking
transfiguration
transformation
about-face
remaking
reversal
revolution
revolutionisingUK
revolutionizingUS
shift
transmogrification
transmutation
turnaround
upheaval
U-turn
volte-face
major change
marked transformation
quantum jump
quantum leap
radical change
revolutionary change
sudden change
total change
break with the past
more ❯
Verb
▲
To turn so as to face the opposite direction
about-face
reverse
volte-face
change direction
turn around
row back
turn round
do a U-turn
turn about
face the opposite direction
turn through 180 degrees
reverse direction
go back
double back
swing round
turn
make a U-turn
face about
wheel round
change course
“It would have been hazardous to yank the animal's head around, hoping that he would about-turn on the spot with me still in the saddle.”
Verb
▲
Go back
turn back
retreat
return
about face
about turn
go back
retrace your steps
backtrack
double back
backpedal
fall back
revisit
turn tail
retrograde
retrocede
move back
draw back
go into reverse
go back over the same ground
retreat to
get back
return to
come again
go back to
renege
break
forsake
be unfaithful
repudiate
change
revert
retract
betray
desert
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