Definitions for u-turnˈyuˌtɜrn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

U-turnˈyuˌtɜrn

  1. aU-shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction.

  2. a reversal of policy, tactics, etc.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of U-turn:

1925–30

Princeton's WordNet

  1. u-turn(noun)

    complete reversal of direction of travel

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. U-turn(noun)ˈɪlətiz

    a turn when you are driving that takes you in the opposite direction

    He made a U-turn at the light.

Wiktionary

  1. U-turn(Noun)

    A turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction.

  2. U-turn(Noun)

    A reversal of policy; a volte-face, a backflip

  3. Origin: :U + turn, from the similarity to the shape of the letter U.


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