turn|a|bout

turn|a|bout
turn|a|bout «TURN uh BOWT», noun.
1. a change to an opposite position, view, or course; reversal: »

The turnabout did not come out of a feeling of charity. It was purely a business proposition (Newsweek).

2. the act or an act of turning about, especially of turning so as to face the other way.
3. a person or thing that does this.
4. U.S. a merry-go-round.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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