Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.

    turning in the opposite direction

  2. (countable, uncountable)A change from one thing to its opposite, or from a situation to the reverse.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A three-point turn or any similar act of turning around, with the same outcome, regardless of how many repeated forward-reverse maneuvers it takes.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A merry-go-round.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Turnabout is fair play.

    ruКак вы - к нам, так и мы - к вам.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From turn + about.

From turn + about.

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Forms

plural: turnabouts

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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