Synonyms for u-turn
ˈyuˌtɜrnu-turn

Princeton's WordNet

1. u-turnnoun

   complete reversal of direction of travel

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1. • Reversal

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1. List of paraphrases for "u-turn":

   about-turn, turnaround, reversal

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1. Confucius:

   He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

2. Katherine Keyes:

   If and when Covid restrictions ease, you won't see a reversal in the same way you saw the acceleration because these drug distribution networks and addiction become embedded in the community. And it's not like they turn off overnight.

3. Mark Twain:

   There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.

4. Donald Trump:

   Belt buckles really pretty much don't stop stabbing, they turn, they twist, things slide off them -- pretty lucky if that happened.

5. Edith Hamilton:

   He was, first and last, the born fighter, to whom the consciousness of being matched against a great adversary suffices and who can dispense with success. Life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.