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idiommake/do a U-turnused about a complete change of ideas, plans etc ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:Two months after the election, the Liberal Democrats were accusing the new Labour government of doing U-turns on a number of promises.I want to make a U-turn in my life and use what I have learned in jail to do things right this time. This Budget is a major U-turn, but it has been forced on the government by harsh economic reality.Note If a car makes or does a U-turn it turns around completely in the road and drives back the way that it was coming from. In Britain, this idiom is almost always used about politicians or political parties who do the opposite of what they have promised to do.
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