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U-turn

[yoo-turn]
–noun
1. a U-shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
2. a reversal of policy, tactics, or the like, resembling such a maneuver.
–verb (used without object)
3. to execute a U-turn: to U-turn into oncoming traffic.

Origin:
1925–30
U-turn   (yōō'tûrn')
n.  A turn, as by a vehicle, completely reversing the direction of travel.

U-turn 
1934, from u + turn (n.). So called in ref. to the shape of the path described.
Language Translation for : u-turn
Spanish: cambio de sentido,
German: der U-turn,
Japanese: Uターン
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