1
: a turn resembling the letter U
especially : a 180-degree turn made by a vehicle in a road
2
: something (such as a reversal of policy) resembling a U-turn

Examples of U-turn in a Sentence

an abrupt U-turn of her support for the candidate after hearing the news of his misdeeds
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Instead of offering viewers a glimpse of the big reveal in each episode, we get walloped with a U-turn over the course of two or three episodes. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 The news has Vance’s (Rocky Carroll) plane to Venezuela making a mid-air U-turn. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024 That is a policy, Sebo acknowledged, that would force the chatbot and large language model industry into a dramatic U-turn. Saul Elbein, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024 But over the course of its third term, the party made a U-turn and hardened its stance on rapprochement with the West. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for U-turn 

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of U-turn was in 1906

Dictionary Entries Near U-turn

Cite this Entry

“U-turn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/U-turn. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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