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单词 about-turns
释义

about-turn

noun

ə-ˈbau̇t-ˈtərn How to pronounce about-turn (audio)
British
: about-face

Synonyms

  • about-face
  • flip-flop
  • reversal
  • turnabout
  • turnaround
  • U-turn
  • volte-face
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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

about-turns

noun

plural of about-turn, British
as in reversals
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite more than one London newspaper accused the prime minister of doing an about-turn on the issue

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • reversals
  • changes of heart
  • volte-faces
  • turnabouts
  • turnarounds
  • irresolutions
  • wobblings
  • disownments
  • about-faces
  • second thoughts
  • denials
  • bait and switches
  • hesitations
  • wabblings
  • disaffirmances
  • indecisions
  • disavowals
  • flip-flops
  • U-turns
  • renunciations
  • vacillations
  • recantations
  • retractions
  • reconsiderations
  • repudiations
  • switcheroos
  • retreats
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