turn around and (do something)

idiom

informal

: to act in an unexpected or surprising way by doing (something specified)

He just turned around and left school.

Examples of turn around and (do something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The winner of that game will turn around and play again at 7 o’clock Saturday evening, while the loser’s season will be over. —Kansas City Star, 18 May 2024

Why pay for Cousins only to turn around and go large on another QB? —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024

The women then turn around and begin walking the other way. —Greg Wehner, Fox News, 14 May 2024

Fish through all of them and then turn around and start bouncing through them again. —Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 9 May 2024

If elected, Trump could plausibly attempt a reversal of policy or simply turn around and approve the sale of TikTok to a group with close ties to China. —Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024

In the video included in the post, the little boy could be seen cautiously stepping into the water toward his relatives before a wave persuaded him to turn around and start walking in the other direction. —Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024

The Sharks now travel to face the Central Division-leading Dallas Stars on Saturday, then turn around and face the resurgent Minnesota Wild on Sunday. —Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024

As Times reporter Matt Hamilton and reporting fellow Ashley Ahn revealed in their new story, tee times are being snapped up by brokers who then turn around and sell them (plus a fee) through a Korean messaging app. —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024