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one-eighty

[wuhn-ey-tee] / ˈwʌnˈeɪ ti /


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

From Seattle Times Jun. 24, 2013

Later, in the hall between third and fourth periods, I saw Digger, and I know he saw me—because I watched him do a double take and then turn a complete one-eighty.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

She'd turned us in a one-eighty, and she spun around and continued up the path toward the admin building.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

A full emotional one-eighty in a span of sixty seconds.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

I whip around in a full one-eighty, already speed-walking back to the Seventy-Second Street station.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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