handbrake turn

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Definition von handbrake turn im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An automobile driving manoeuvre where the driver starts turning the vehicle and then pulls on the handbrake to make the rear tyres lose adhesion and thus cause the back of the vehicle to slide around (in the direction of the turn)

A abrupt change of opinion

It might make her look a bit ridiculous (she never criticised the delegate system when she thought she was going to win), but then Mrs Clinton seems to have what one of her supporters called the testicular fortitude to carry off that kind of handbrake turn.

Silbentrennung

hand·brake turn

Synonyme

bootlegger reverse, moonshiner's turn