U-turn
verb
- to make a U-shaped turn
- driving technique used when someone performs a 180° rotation
noun
- turn in a U-shaped trajectory such that the orientation at the end is 180 degrees from the start.
- driving technique used when someone performs a 180° rotation
Wiktionary
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of U-turn.
“"The PM’s private reassurances are worthless given her track record of u-turns and her clear desperation to cling to power."”
verb
Etymology: From U + turn, from the similarity to the shape of the letter U.
- To turn a vehicle in a semicircle so as to face the opposite direction (∩)).
- To shift from one opinion or decision to its opposite.
“She made the case for cutting taxes as “the right thing to do morally and economically”, despite having just U-turned over her decision to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax.”