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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "180-iani bruni",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"word": "180-იანი ბრუნი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"bureaucratese",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"officialese",
"government"
],
"word": "Fahrtrichtungswechsel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kehrtwende"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wenden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kehrtwendung"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "U-beygja"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūtān",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"word": "Ｕターン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yuteon",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"word": "유턴"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "polukrúžno svrtúvanje",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "полукру́жно сврту́вање"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "U-sving"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "u-sving"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "U-sving"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "u-sving"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "retorno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvorót",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разворо́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povorót krugóm",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поворо́т круго́м"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cambio de sentido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vuelta en u"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viraje en u"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "U-sväng"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"word": "likong pabalik"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"word": "U-liko"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "semi-circular turn",
"word": "U-dönüşü"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obrat o 180 stupňů"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "U-vending"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demi-tour"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marche arrière"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "revirement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volte-face"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kehrtwende"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hundertachtziggradwende"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "180-Grad-Wende"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hundertachtziggraddrehung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "180-Grad-Drehung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kehrtwendung"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "U-sving"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "u-sving"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "U-sving"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "u-sving"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reversal of policy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "reviravolta"
}
],
"word": "U-turn"
}
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},
{
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"present"
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{
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"past"
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"past"
]
}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"tags": [
"New-England"
],
"word": "bang a uey"
},
{
"word": "flip a bitch"
},
{
"word": "handbrake turn"
},
{
"word": "hang a Louie"
},
{
"word": "hang a Ralph"
},
{
"word": "hook a uey"
},
{
"word": "hook a U-ie"
},
{
"word": "hang a uey"
},
{
"word": "moonshiner's turn"
},
{
"word": "three-point turn"
},
{
"word": "K-turn"
},
{
"word": "Y-turn"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To turn a vehicle in a semicircle so as to face the opposite direction."
]
},
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian",
"text": "She made the case for cutting taxes as “the right thing to do morally and economically”, despite having just U-turned over her decision to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To shift from one opinion or decision to its opposite."
],
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"(intransitive) To shift from one opinion or decision to its opposite."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-U-turn.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-U-turn.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Canada"
],
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}
],
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{
"word": "u-turn"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to turn a vehicle in a semicircle",
"word": "đi vòng ngược"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to turn a vehicle in a semicircle",
"word": "chạy vòng ngược"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to turn a vehicle in a semicircle",
"word": "quay ngược"
}
],
"word": "U-turn"
}
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"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Finnish: U-käännös (fi) (1, 2), takinkääntäminen (2)",
"path": [
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "U-turn",
"trace": ""
}
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