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.
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On Saturday evening, Boasberg blocked the administration from using the law to carry out the deportations and verbally ordered planes carrying the Venezuelan migrants to turn around and return to the U.S.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
According to the document, the pilots heard what was happening from the closed cockpit and made the decision to turn around and land back in Savannah.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
But then the robot armies are expanded by AIs that autonomously desire them to be built, and are purchasing them autonomously, and building factories autonomously that then turn around and kill everyone is conceivable.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
There thus appears no legitimate basis for the Justice Department suddenly to turn around and say this prosecution was unjustified.
—Richard J. Davis, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
According to the document, the pilots heard what was happening from the closed cockpit and made the decision to turn around and land back in Savannah.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
But then the robot armies are expanded by AIs that autonomously desire them to be built, and are purchasing them autonomously, and building factories autonomously that then turn around and kill everyone is conceivable.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
There thus appears no legitimate basis for the Justice Department suddenly to turn around and say this prosecution was unjustified.
—Richard J. Davis, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Turn around and (do something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20around%20and%20%28do%20something%29. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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