U-turn

Meanings

Noun

• A turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction.
• A reversal of policy; an about-face, a backflip

Verb

• To turn a vehicle in a semicircle so as to face the opposite direction.
• To shift from one opinion or decision to its opposite.

Related

Similar words

• uey

Origin

• U + turn, from the similarity to the shape of the letter U.