one-eighty

Example Sentences

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“After the meeting, the president did a one-eighty, completely changing his tune.”

From Seattle Times

Many in the state see Trump as a saving grace, a one-eighty from Obama.

From Salon

Let me really take the filters off: Marco Rubio’s de-facto one-eighty on immigration after the Gang of Eight failed was nothing other than a mistake.

From The New Yorker

Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s co-founder and C.E.O., told me, “In 2011, when we were starting to get some traction, Marc and Ben did a one-eighty and were very humble. Marc said he now saw it through the lens of eBay: buying stuff from strangers.”

From The New Yorker

But then, as if suffering a crisis of conscience, he pulled a one-eighty.

From Seattle Times