180
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edit180 (plural 180s)
- (sports) An instance of spinning 180 degrees, so that one is facing in the opposite direction.
- He did a 180 off the diving board.
- (figuratively) The exact opposite.
- The friendly welcome was a 180 from what she had been expecting.
- 2022 November 25, B. Cost, “Man wins legal right to be 'boring' at work, gets $3K from company”, in New York Post[1], NYP Holdings, retrieved 2022-11-27:
- As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of […] being boring […] In other words, it was a complete 180 from most employees who get fired for being too wild.
- (figuratively, by extension) A complete change of direction or opinion.
- Synonyms: U-turn, about-face, about-turn
- She used to like turnips, but she did a 180 and now hates them.
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