about-turns
about-turns is the plural of about-turn.
about-turns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of about-turn.
Meaning of about-turn
Noun
about-turn (plural about-turns)
- A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation .
- Total reversal of opinion or attitude .
- A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was...2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph
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