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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
turnabout
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a surprising turnabout in church policy
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For Lyndon Johnson, the turnabout was even more abrupt and total.
▪ How and why did this extraordinary and extraordinarily rapid turnabout in attitudes take place?
▪ The turnabout Howard and Mark conjured up was more than I could have expected.
▪ The dramatic turnabout undoubtedly reflects the trauma of once again seeing non-stop television coverage of bloodied bodies and grieving families.
▪ The fall into loss last year represents a dramatic turnabout from the late 1980s.
▪ This turnabout is affecting the whole ski business in Britain, not least the magazines.
▪ This burst of activity marks a major turnabout in the publishing industry.
Wiktionary
turnabout

alt. 1 The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction 2 A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change one's mind or flip-flop n. 1 The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction 2 A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change one's mind or flip-flop

WordNet
turnabout
  1. n. a decision to reverse an earlier decision [syn: reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnaround]

  2. turning in the opposite direction [syn: reversion, reverse, reversal, turnaround]

Wikipedia
Turnabout (Haddix novel)

Turnabout is a novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix, set in the future. It was first published in 2002 by the Aladdin division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. The novel switches between 2001 and 2081 by chapter.

Turnabout

Turnabout may refer to:

In film and television:

  • Turnabout (film), a 1940 comedy directed by Hal Roach, based on a novel by Thorne Smith (see below)
  • Turnabout (game show), a 1990s BBC TV quiz programme
  • Turnabout (TV series), a 1978–79 United States TV series

In other media:

  • Turnabout (novel), a novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • Turnabout, a body swap novel by Thorne Smith
  • Turnabout (comics), a one-page Disney comic by Carl Barks
  • Turnabout (video game), a puzzle video game by Artdink
  • Turnabout, a subsidiary record label of Vox Records
Places
  • Turnabout Glacier, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
  • Turnabout Lake, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
  • Turnabout River, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
  • Turnabout Theatre, a 1940-1950s venue in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Other:

  • Turnabout, a small sail trainer for junior sailors.
Turnabout (game show)

Turnabout was a BBC Television daytime quiz programme that aired on BBC One from 26 March 1990 until 7 October 1996. The programme was hosted by Rob Curling.

Turnabout (film)

Turnabout is a 1940 comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis and John Hubbard. Based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was written by Mickell Novack, Bernie Giler and John McClain with additional dialogue by Rian James.

Turnabout (TV series)

Turnabout is an American television situation comedy that first aired on NBC in 1979 and was based on a 1931 novel of the same title by Thorne Smith (which had already been developed into the 1940 movie, Turnabout). The plot was about a husband and wife who found themselves inhabiting each other's bodies, similar to the plot of Freaky Friday. The series lasted 7 episodes

Turnabout (video game)

Turnabout is an puzzle game developed by Artdink and published by Natsume. It was released in 2003 for the Sony PlayStation.

Usage examples of "turnabout".

Turnabout danced around Slappy twice and then put an arm on his shoulder.

And now, in a turnabout that made Doodlebug quietly ashamed, he was forced to ask his old friend to return the favor.

But turnabout was fair play, so she lingered over each bite while she stared at his mouth, or in the direction of his lap.

Daughters of the heavens, be lucks in turnabouts to the wandering sons of red loam!

This was the big turnabout , if Speer would only start mass-producing the thing at once.

The turnabout became apparent in the way they looked at him, in their determination to be understanding, nonpossessive, compliant, and considerate.

At the same moment, right on schedule… a loud report… the posigrade rockets fired, throwing the capsule free of the rocket shaft… the capsule began its automatic turnabout, and all the proper green lights went on in front of him, and he knew he was "through the gate," as they said.

However, as he knows us, we also know him, know of his frequently overcautious nature, of his occasional indecisiveness, of his penchant for turnabouts and betrayals, of his vanity and arrogance.

Such turnabouts are common enough, especially with people in middle age, but I would never have expected it of Parlabane.

It was merely another of the turnabouts of Kajuralia, but in it was perhaps more.