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. Leo Grohowski:

   Frankly, I hope lessons being learned are' buy first ask questions later' is never a good strategy — and that fundamentals and valuation does matter, this will turn out to be a better entry point than exit point for longer-term-oriented investors.

2. Bill Watterson:

   Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles - Calvin

3. Husky Energy:

   Our focus in the days ahead will turn to the investigation and understanding the root cause of the incident.

4. Nan Thomas:

   We could hear it in her voice, she was getting desperate, [Even with] me, who was going to her window to talk to her every weekend, my mother could no longer raise the blinds, she could no longer answer the phone so I could talk to her through the window. She forgot how to dial the phones, she forgot to turn on and off her TV.

5. John McCain:

   Our troops are in Afghanistan today for the same reason they deployed there in 2001 - to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for global terrorists, the Taliban remains allied with these terrorists, including al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network, and it is the one force most able and willing to turn Afghanistan into a terrorist safe haven once again.