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uturn

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U-turn

  [yoo-turn]
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–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
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Word Origin & History

U-turn 
1934, from u + turn (n.). So called in ref. to the shape of the path described.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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