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To reverse a decision or change one’s opinion. The term comes from the American military command to turn 180 degrees at attention, dating from the mid-nineteenth century, and by 1900 was being used figuratively. A more recent colloquial usage is to do a 180, but it has not yet reached cliché status.
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- happy as a clam (at high tide)
- good buddy
- miss one's guess, to
- make an honest woman (out) of (someone)
- make an honest woman of
- make an honest woman of her
- make an honest woman of somebody
- make an honest woman of someone
- apples and oranges, like comparing
- mavin