She did an about-turn.
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About-turn
//əˈbaʊt tɚn//
Synonyms for "about-turn" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
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3 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 向後轉 /向后转 noun (turn of 180 degrees)
Czech
2 entries- obrat o 180 stupňů noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
- čelem vzad noun (turn of 180 degrees)
Dutch
3 entries- koersverandering noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
- ommezwaai noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
- rechtsomkeert noun (turn of 180 degrees)
Finnish
4 entries- takinkääntö noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
- täyskäännös noun (turn of 180 degrees)
- täyskäännös noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
- tehdä täyskäännös verb (to turn 180 degrees)
French
3 entries- demi-tour noun (turn of 180 degrees)
- volte-face noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
- faire demi-tour verb (to turn 180 degrees)
Galician
1 entries- media volta noun (turn of 180 degrees)
Greek
2 entries- μεταβολή noun (turn of 180 degrees)
- μεταστροφή noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
Indonesian
2 entries- balik kanan noun (turn of 180 degrees)
- balik kanan verb (to turn 180 degrees)
Italian
4 entries- dietro front noun (turn of 180 degrees)
- dietro front noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
- dietrofront noun (turn of 180 degrees)
- voltagabbana noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
Portuguese
1 entries- meia-volta noun (turn of 180 degrees)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- potpuni zaokret noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
Spanish
1 entries- giro radical noun (total reversal of opinion or attitude)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đằng sau quay noun (turn of 180 degrees)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
Source: wiktionary
When Francis visited Chile in 2018, he dismissed the protesters and accused them of “calumny” in the full gaze of the world’s press. It caused the head of the Vatican’s own sex abuse commission to rebuke his boss publicly. Back in Rome, Francis responded by dispatching an envoy to look into the case. When his report came back siding with the protesters, Francis did a swift about-turn and described what he said on his visit to Chile as “the lowest moment” of his papacy.
Source: wiktionary
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