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U-turn

/ˈjuˌtɜrn/ n [C] (180 DEGREE TURN)

Definition

a turn like a U, made by a vehicle to go back in the direction from which it came: I was making a U-turn into the southbound lanes.
(Definition of U-turn n (180 DEGREE TURN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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