one-eighty

[ wuhn-ey-tee ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural one-eight·ies.

1. a turn or reversal of 180 degrees.

Example Sentences

Here are two men, one eighty and the other eighty-eight, on whose words history rests, differing materially about historic facts.

From Project Gutenberg

One pan contained seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents, one eighty-three dollars and thirty-five cents.

From Project Gutenberg

Now there dwelt in the house two very old women,—one eighty and the other ninety years old,—who supported themselves by spinning.

From Project Gutenberg

The couple lived until 1783, the one eighty-three, the other eighty-four years of age.

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Related Words

• change of mind
• reversal
• turnaround