turn coat

VERB

defect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon abscond depart desert pull out quit reject renounce revolt withdraw

STRONG

apostatize forsake go lapse leave rat rebel renege schism spurn tergiversate turn

WEAK

back out break faith change sides fall away from go back on go over go over the fence run out sell out take a walk tergiverse walk out on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow approve come continue persevere remain stay support

WEAK

come in join

Example Sentences

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When Secretary of War Weeks goes out of town over the weekend, he is not worried that the Army will turn coat or disobey during his absence.

From Time Magazine Archive

You see you can't never depend a grate deal on a turn coat.

From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Smith, Seba

turn coat

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