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turn about

ADVERB

vice versa

Synonyms

WEAK

about-face again backwards contra contrarily contrariwise contrary conversely far from it in reverse inversely mutatis mutandis on the contrary oppositely reversed the opposite way the other way around upside down

VERB

swing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

curve dangle flap fluctuate hang lurch pitch pivot rotate sway swivel turn twirl veer wave whirl wiggle wobble

STRONG

avert deflect divert oscillate palpitate reel revolve rock roll sheer shunt suspend swerve undulate vary vibrate volte-face waggle wheel

WEAK

be pendent pendulate turn on an axis wag

Antonyms

STRONG

be still stabilize

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Unfortunately, our otherwise exceptional stay took an unexpected turn about a week after checkout.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

The two bowlers got similar amounts of turn, about 2.8 degrees, though Leach got more drift – 1.56 degrees to 0.75 – and was much more accurate.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

The stolen financial information about those companies allowed Klyushin to turn a $2 million investment into nearly $21 million and the group as a whole to turn about $9 million into $93 million, prosecutors added.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2023

The woman felt she had nowhere to turn about what happened, since Loach was a teacher at the fire academy and he was a top-ranking member of the firefighters’ union, according to her complaint.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022

They slept as well as they could for the cold, turn and turn about, in a nook among great jagged pinnacles of weathered rock; at least they were sheltered from the easterly wind.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

turn about

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