- three-point turn
- nounthe act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs
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three-point turn nounThe process of turning a vehicle round to face in the opposite direction by moving it forward, reversing, then moving forward again, turning the steering-wheel appropriately• • •Main Entry: ↑three* * *
a way of turning your car around in which you turn and drive to face one side of the road, then drive backwards, and then turn and drive in the direction that you came fromThesaurus: to drive, or to operate a vehiclehyponym* * *
n. a method of turning a vehicle around in a narrow space by moving forward, backward, and forward again in a sequence of arcs* * *
noun, pl ⋯ turns [count]: a way of turning a vehicle around in a small space by driving forward, then back, then forward again* * *
a method of turning a car in a small space so that it faces in the opposite direction, by driving forwards, then backwards, then forwards again, in a series of curves
Useful english dictionary. 2012.