"turn of events" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-turn of events.ogg Forms: turns of events [plural]
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  1. (idiomatic) A deviation from the expected course of events. Tags: idiomatic Translations (deviation from the expected): 事件的發展 (Chinese Mandarin), 事件的发展 (shìjiàn de fāzhǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 形勢的變化 (Chinese Mandarin), 形势的变化 (xíngshì de biànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), poikkeama (Finnish), käänne (Finnish), concours de circonstances [masculine] (French), Ereigniswende [feminine] (German), helyzet alakulása (Hungarian), ironia della sorte (Italian), 우디르급 태세변환 (udireugeup taesebyeonhwan) (Korean), obrót sprawy [masculine] (Polish), reviravolta [feminine] (Portuguese), поворо́т собы́тий (povorót sobýtij) [masculine] (Russian), giro de los acontecimientos [masculine] (Spanish), vändning [common-gender] (Swedish), händelseutveckling [common-gender] (Swedish)

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