Definition von u-turn im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- A reversal of policy; a volte-face
The government have done a U-turn and are now supporting greater European integration instead of opposing it.
- A turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction
- If you make a U-turn when you are driving or cycling, you turn in a half circle in one movement, so that you are then going in the opposite direction
- disapproval If you describe a change in a politician's policy, plans, or actions as a U-turn, you mean that it is a complete change and that they made the change because they were weak or were wrong. a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister
- complete reversal of direction of travel
- Buggins's turn
- The appointment of a person by rotation or promotion, on the basis of length of service (it being that person's "turn") rather than merit or level of qualification
I remembered your old saying Some day the Empire will go down because it is Buggins's turn.'.
- Cruyff turn
- A piece of footwork named after Johan Cruyff, a successful Dutch soccer player in the 1970s
- Immelmann turn
- the roll-off-the-top aerobatic maneuver, a reverse split-S
- Immelmann turn
- a fighter pilot maneuver resembling the aerobatic wingover or hammer-head turn, originally developed by Max Immelmann
- about turn
- A complete change of opinion, direction, etc
- about turn
- To perform an about turn
- about turn
- An about face; a military command to a formation of soldiers to reverse the direction in which they are facing
- about-turn
- to turn 180 degrees, typically in a military formation
- about-turn
- A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation
- ampere-turn
- the unit of magnetomotive force
- choctaw turn
- A turn in figure skating that involves both a change of foot and a change of edge and lobe
- epistemological turn
- In the history of Western philosophy, the shift in philosophical attention from the classical and medieval focus on themes of metaphysics to a primary focus on themes and issues relating to human knowledge, usually considered to have occurred during the period from Descartes (1596-1650) through Kant (1724-1804)
On standard accounts, Descartes's epistemological turn—a sea change in the history of philosophy—is marked by an inside-out approach to philosophical inquiry, an approach owed to the priority of thought.
- good turn
- A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act
One good turn deserves another.
- handbrake turn
- 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)
- handbrake 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.
- hook turn
- A turn made by a vehicle across all lanes of traffic, sometimes used to improve the flow of through traffic or to keep the middle of the road free for trams etc
- in turn
- Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.Kibbitzer 51, “In turn”
Mr. X leaked the secret to Mr. Y who in turn leaked it to Mr. Z.
- in turn
- In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue
The boy was next in turn to sit on Santa's lap.
- in turn
- In response; in return
The musical ambassadors finished their performance, and the local musicians in turn played for them a traditional ballad.
- in turn
- One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively
Eventually, each of the countries in turn would be brought to submission by the invading force.
- in-turn
- A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated across the body
For a right-handed thrower, an in-turn is clockwise, and the opposite for a lefty.
- linguistic turn
- The shift which occurred in philosophical attention, during the 20th century and within a number of philosophical schools of thought, from traditional themes of metaphysics and epistemology to a focus on the structure and usage of language and the relation of language to human understanding of those traditional themes
The so-called linguistic turn. . . involved moving away from foundationalist assumptions of the primacy of logic and towards a more subtle recognition of the varied nature of language and of its deep influence, its pervasive implications across the range of human practices.
- moonshiner's turn
- A rapid illegal U-turn performed by putting the car in neutral and applying the hand brake, thereby producing a controlled skid, with the car still moving backwards when forward power is again applied
Did you see the moonshiner’s turn he pulled in that chase scene?.
- one good turn deserves another
- One act of kindness should be paid back by another act of kindness
- out-turn
- A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated away from the body
For a right-handed thrower, an out-turn is counter-clockwise, and the opposite for a lefty.
- please turn left
- When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn left
- please turn right
- When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn right
- round turn
- A full encirclement of an object with rope
- speak out of turn
- Alternative form of talk out of turn
- talk out of turn
- To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so
A judge admonished rock star Courtney Love after she showed up two hours late for a hearing on drug charges and talked out of turn in court.
- talking out of turn
- Present participle of talk out of turn
- telemark turn
- A turn led with the heel flat on the downhill ski while the uphill ski is pulled beneath the skier's body with a flexed knee and raised heel
- three-point turn
- An act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa)
- toss and turn
- to be constantly moving, unable to lie still
I didn't get a wink of sleep. I was tossing and turning all night long.
- tune in, turn on, drop out
- Pay attention to the new way of living; take drugs; abandon the established ways
- turn
- To complete
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
- turn
- To change one's direction of travel
Turn right here.
- turn
- A change in temperament or circumstance
She took a turn for the worse.
- turn
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated
The prisoners turned on the warden.
- turn
- To sour or spoil; to go bad
This milk has turned; it smells awful.
- turn
- A change of direction or orientation
Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
- turn
- A single loop of a coil
- turn
- To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa
- turn
- character; personality; nature
It was fortunate for his comfort, perhaps, that the man who had been chosen to accompany him was of a talkative turn, for the prisoners insisted upon hearing the story of the explosion a dozen times over, and Rufus Dawes himself had been roused to give the name of the vessel with his own lips.
- turn
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation
- turn
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again
- turn
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight)
- turn
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others
They took turns playing with the new toy.
- turn
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself
turn on the spot.
- turn
- Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces
- turn
- To position (something) by folding it
Turn the bed covers.
- turn
- To fundamentally change; to metamorphose
He turned into a monster every full moon.
- turn
- To change the color of the leaves in the autumn
The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.
- turn
- (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project
They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
- turn
- the basic coil element that forms a single conducting loop comprised of one insulated conductor
- turn
- A fit or a period of giddiness
Then you must know as well as the rest of us that there was something queer about that gentleman--something that gave a man a turn--I don't know rightly how to say it, sir, beyond this: that you felt in your marrow kind of cold and thin..
- turn
- To change the direction or orientation of
Turn the knob clockwise.
- turn
- A pass behind or through an object
- turn
- Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces
- turn
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em
- turn
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players
- turn
- A deed done to another
I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunity.
- turn
- The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em
- turn
- To become (begin to be)
When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
- turn
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe
She turned the table legs with care and precision.
- turn a blind eye
- To ignore or deliberately overlook, especially with respect to something unpleasant or improper
In this my countrymen, without having produced any really very great work, by the old standards, make a respectable show. . . . In saying this, however, we must turn a blind eye to a considerable number of statues of our distinguished citizens which even more lamentably exhibit the defects arising from ignorance of modeling and design.
- turn a corner
- Alternative form of turn the corner
- turn a deaf ear
- to refuse to listen or hear something
- turn a hair
- To become afraid or visibly upset
- turn a phrase
- To create a particular linguistic expression which is strikingly clear, appropriate, and memorable
Nobody, however, can take issue with Purdy's ability to turn a phrase. He has that rare Joycean knack for illuminating an entire universe with one simple detail.
- turn a profit
- To gain money or to gain materially
The company has not turned a profit from the merger.
- turn a profit
- To obtain profit from an investment
- turn a trick
- To perform a sexual service for a customer
City prostitutes say laws governing the sex trade are putting them in danger every time they turn a trick.
- turn about
- To turn (oneself) around
Jesus tourned him about, and behelde her saynge: Doughter be off goode comforte, thy fayth hath made the safe.
- turn about
- Alternative spelling of turnabout
- turn about
- To change or reverse the position of
- turn about
- To reverse one's position; to turn round
- turn about
- To revolve
- turn about
- To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about
- turn against
- To set against or in opposition to something
She turned him against his friends.
- turn against
- To rebel or oppose to something formerly supported
They turned against their leader.
- turn against
- To use to the disadvantage or injury of
They turned their arms against their former allies.
- turn and bank indicator
- An aircraft instrument that shows both the aircraft's rate of turn about the vertical axis and also the amount of banking about the longitudinal axis
- turn around
- To be duplicitous
You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.
- turn around
- To reverse the expected outcome of a game, usually from a losing position to a winning one
They were way ahead but the game turned around on them and they lost 4-3.
- turn around
- To reverse a trend, usually towards a more favorable outcome; to return (a business, department) to effectiveness, profitability, etc
The new management team has really turned the company around and they expect a good profit next year.
- turn around
- Alternative spelling of turnaround
- turn around
- To physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees
Turn around once or twice so I can see your new dress.
- turn around
- To effect a positive reversal of a trend
Let's turn this around 180 degrees and enjoy the rest of our vacation.
- turn around
- To change to the opposite direction from a previous position
She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.
- turn around
- To consider from a different viewpoint
Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.
- turn around
- To produce; to output; to generate''
We can turn around 500 units by next week.
- turn around
- Annoyingly repetitive or consistent
Every time you turn around the price of milk has gone up again.
- turn around
- To make a situation worse by trying to make it better
They turned it around 360 degrees and now they're losing even more money.
- turn arounds
- plural form of turn around
- turn away
- to bend or turn from a fixed course
- turn away
- to avert or deflect something
- turn away
- to refuse to admit someone
- turn away
- to rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something
Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee.
- turn back
- To return to a previous state of being
Once we take this decision, there's no turning back.
- turn back
- To adjust to a previous setting
I love that song, turn back to it!.
- turn back
- To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress
The soldiers turned back all the refugees at the frontier.
- turn back
- To fold something back; to fold down
When you make the bed, please always turn the sheet back over the blanket.
- turn back
- To reverse direction and retrace one's steps
Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back to the office.
- turn back the clock
- To return to a previous state
We had a terrible year so we agreed to turn back the clock and go on as if it hadn't happened.
- turn down
- To refuse, decline, or deny
He turned down all our offers of help.
- turn down
- To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction
Turn down the blankets to let them air out.
- turn down
- To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light
When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.''.
- turn flukes
- To turn in, go to bed
But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced.
- turn flukes
- Of a whale: to go under, dive
- turn heads
- To garner a considerable amount of attention
- turn in
- to go to sleep; retire to bed
I'm tired, so I think I'll turn in early tonight.
- turn in
- to relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in)
My nosey next door neighbor turned me in for building my garage without a permit.
- turn in
- To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body
- turn in
- to submit something; to give
He turned in his paperwork to the main office.
- turn in one's grave
- to be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased
Beethoven is probably turning in his grave at the way that rock group mangled his Ninth Symphony.
- turn into
- To transform into; become
The carriage turned into a pumpkin at midnight.
- turn into
- To transform into; cause to become
I am the nursery magic Fairy, she said. I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved. When they are old and worn out and the children don't need them any more, then I come and take them away with me and turn them into Real..
- turn into a pumpkin
- Used to indicate a curfew, or the time by which one must depart
I'm turning into a pumpkin at 4:00, so we need to finish this.
- turn into a pumpkin
- To go to bed; to go to sleep (especially at, or around midnight.)
Tell her I'm turning into a pumpkin if she stays out too late. She won't be getting a lift from me.
- turn loose
- To release or let go; to permit (someone or something) to roam freely or to act freely
He's so creative, and I'd love to turn him loose in my garden sometime and see what he dreams up.
- turn of events
- A deviation from the expected course of events
- turn of phrase
- An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful
- turn of the century
- The beginning or end of a certain century
By the turn of the century he was starting to become well known in literary circles.
- turn of the year
- approximately at the end of one year and the beginning of the next. Around December - January
By the turn of the year you should receive your tax refund.
- turn off
- To power down; to stop a device by switching it off
Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave.
- turn off
- To repulse, disgust, or discourage
Cigarette smoking really turns me off.
- turn off
- To leave a road; to exit
Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch.
- turn on
- To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject
The argument turned on the question of whether or not jobs would be lost.
- turn on
- to power up (a device), to start, to cause to start operating
Please turn the lights on so I can see what I'm reading.
- turn on
- To sexually arouse
- turn on
- To set a flow of (water, gas, electricity etc.) running
Turn on the tap.
- turn on
- To violently rebel against; to suddenly attack
Suddenly all his friends turned on him.
- turn on
- To start operating; to power up, to become on
My computer won't turn on.
- turn on
- To fill with enthusiasm; to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement)
Attractive showroom models can turn buyers on.
- turn on
- to cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens
In fact, many youngsters will not even turn on a close friend if they know he has never used drugs. And it is rare indeed for a youth to actively seek out people to turn on.
- turn on a dime
- to have a small turning circle
- turn on its head
- to completely change
The global economic crisis has managed to turn on their head stock exchanges worldwide.
- turn on its head
- To turn upside-down; to invert
The crisis turned on their head the formulas that had seemed to work.
- turn one on
- To excite (often sexually), to increase interest
John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on.
- turn one's back
- To cease paying attention to something
As soon as I turned my back, he started writing on the wall.
- turn one's back
- To forsake, to abandon; to ignore
He got off to a strong start, only to turn his back on the project two months later.
- turn out
- The total number of people that show up to an event
The turn out at Sarah's party was not very good.
- turn out
- To extinguish a light or other device
Turn out the lights before you leave.
- turn out
- To turn or rotate outwards or out of something
Turn out the dough onto a board and shape it.
- turn out
- To produce; make
The bakery turns out three hundred pies each day.
- turn out
- To attend; show up
Hundreds of people turned out to see the parade.
- turn out
- To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
It turns out that he just made a lucky guess.
- turn out
- To result; end up
I had hoped our first meeting would turn out better.
- turn out
- To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict
The hotel staff hastened to turn out the noisy drunk.
- turn out
- To leave a road
Turn out at the third driveway.
- turn over
- To relinquish; give back
They turned over the evidence to the authorities.
- turn over
- To flip over; to rotate top to bottom
Turn over the box and look at the bottom.
- turn over
- To produce, complete, or cycle through
They can turn over about three hundred units per hour.
- turn over
- To transfer
But what is to be done with our manufacturing population This one thing, of doing for them by ‘underselling all people,’ and filling our own bursten pockets and appetites by the road; and turning over all care for any ‘population,’ or human or divine consideration except cash only, to the winds, with a “Laissez-faire” and the rest of it: this is evidently not the thing.
- turn over a new leaf
- To engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit
Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.
- turn round
- To make revolve, rotate
- turn round
- To turn so as to be facing in the opposite direction
It seemed that there was someone behind me; but when I turned round, no one was there.
- turn round
- To make (a ship, airplane etc.) ready for departure
The stopover is very short, and crews will have about 15 minutes to turn the plane round.
- turn round
- To put into an opposing position; to reverse
He turned the glass round and examined the other side.
- turn round
- To process; to complete work on (something), especially with a view to sending it on in a finished state
New figures are in – we need to turn these round ASAP, the boss wants a report tonight.
- turn round
- To change one's opinion or attitude (especially when becoming hostile etc.)
You can't turn round and blame me all of a sudden.
- turn round
- To revolve or rotate around a centre
The body was turning round slowly as it fell.
- turn tail
- To flee; to run away; to leave
He was the sort of man who, faced with the prospect of marriage, decided to turn tail and run rather than commit.
- turn the air blue
- To speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear
- turn the corner
- To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger
- turn the other cheek
- To accept a punishment or an injury and not act out revenge or retaliate
- turn the page
- To move on to new involvements or activities; to make a fresh start
You've been divorced for three years. It's time to turn the page and start looking for somebody else.
- turn the tables
- To reverse a situation, such that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged
The tables are turned, my red friend! said the hunter, coolly. It's your life, not mine, this time!.
- turn the tide
- To make a change, or reversal of general opinion
Images captured by the photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths in Vietnam helped turn the tide of public opinion against the war.
- turn to
- to become, to degenerate into
iron turn to rust in the presence of air and water.
- turn to
- to consult for advice
When I'm in trouble, I turn to my pastor to help me.
- turn to custard
- To go badly awry
- turn to stone
- To become completely still; to stop all movement
The lions would creep up on their prey, but turn to stone when the prey looked in their direction.
- turn tricks
- To work as a prostitute, providing sexual services for money
By 1996, she was a hooker sleeping in the streets or at ratty hotels in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, turning tricks to get her next bag of heroin.
- turn turtle
- To turn upside down. Commonly used for boats and ships that capsize and turn through 180° so their hulls are above their superstructure, but it can refer to any vehicle in a similar position
- turn turtle
- To roll upside-down with one's surfboard (usually a longboard) to allow a wave (usually an already broken wave) to pass over
1998: a surfer prepares to turn turtle in the righthand shot — Kite Aerial Photography.
- turn up
- To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards
He turned up his collar against the cold.
- turn up
- To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin
Turn up the main halyard.
- turn up
- To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light
Turn up the radio and sing along.
- turn up
- To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly
Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious but for that man in the gap turning up at the eleventh hour the finis might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward.
- turn up for the book
- a very unexpected, usually pleasant, surprise
Her mother kept well away from us, which was a turn up for the book, and for the time being at any rate, I was a model husband.
- turn up one's nose
- To regard with contempt or scorn, especially in conjunction with the gesture of raising one's nose; to treat with contempt or scorn; to ignore or disregard in a contemptuous or scornful way
Lovely as he was, Satan could be cruelly offensive when he chose; and he always chose when the human race was brought to his attention. He always turned up his nose at it, and never had a kind word for it.
- turn up one's nose
- To make the gesture of raising one's nose, as a sign of scorn, contempt or disgust
'What do you mean? What's not like that?'.
- turn up one's nose
- To refuse, especially with disgust, contempt or scorn, and especially in conjunction with the gesture of raising one's nose; to refuse with apparent disregard about offending the offerer
What I want to know is what he gets to eat there. A piece of dried fish now and then--what? That's coming down pretty low for a man who turned up his nose at my table d'hote!.
- turn upside down
- To flip over; to rotate top to bottom
Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.
- turn upside down
- To thoroughly examine
They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys.
- turn-about
- Alternative spelling of turnabout
- turn-about
- sequentially; in turn
He not only sold matches like any ordinary match-man, but he drew pavement pictures as well. He did these things turn-about according to the weather. If it was wet, he sold matches because the rain would have washed away his pictures if he had painted them. If it was fine, he was on his knees all day, making pictures... .
- turn-off
- Something that repulses, disgusts, or discourages, especially sexually
I like the people, but the 60-hour weeks are a big turn-off.
- turn-on
- Something that attracts, gives pleasure, or encourages, especially sexually
Pretty eyes have always been a turn-on.
- turn out
- prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right
- turn out
- prove to be in the result or end; "How will the game turn out?"
- turn up
- If you turn something up or if it turns up, you find, discover, or notice it. Investigations have never turned up any evidence. a very rare 15th-Century spoon, which turned up in an old house in Devon
- don't turn a blind eye to what's happening
- (deyim) don't ignore something and pretend you do not see it
- toss and turn
- (of someone lying down, asleep or attempting to sleep) to be constantly moving, unable to lie still
- A U-turn
- uey
- turn and turn about
- in turn, one after the other
