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Discover Ludwig"turn about" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means to change direction or reverse one's course. It can also refer to a complete change of opinion or behavior. Here is an example of the phrase being used correctly in a sentence: "After years of stubbornly refusing to try new foods, my daughter suddenly took a turn about and became an adventurous eater."
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turn about
verb
To revolve.
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Those doors get heavier and heavier, harder to turn, about now.
The people who believed in him, who loved him, we all feel very glad and fortunate that sometimes history can turn about and redeem somebody".
Does the "bucke" turn about and cavort, as some interpreters say, or does he fart (a territorial device not unknown among males of many species).
The Air Force announced that it would instead turn about 700 acres of land over to Miami-Dade County for limited mixed use commercial development.
The wheels of government, after all, turn about as fast as tires in a rush-hour backup on the Driscoll Bridge.
LIKE AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER struggling to turn about in a gale, Magellan Fund runs against buffeting headwinds.
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We worked so hard for the president in office, then turn about-face 180 degrees and follow this new direction".
Then, in a delicious turn-about, Frances takes action.
This is a turn-about for someone who long believed that acting was precisely what he wasn't going to do.
On 30 October, Dionte Greene finished work before midnight to attend a "turn-about" party, where people show up dressed as a different gender.
I, of course, should disguise any unseemly elation at this turn-about (and someday, when I'm a better person, I will).
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