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flip-flopping

[flip-flahp-ing]

noun

  1. sudden, unexpected reversal of opinion, policy, etc., especially repeatedly.

  2. movement back and forth.



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Its supporters accuse him of treachery, while he accuses the government of flip-flopping and delivering just a third of its manifesto promises after five years.

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But he also thinks Dutton's policy flip-flopping and the aura of instability that projected was potent.

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"This sort of flip-flopping is, in my opinion, detrimental to that route that the industry seemed to be taking towards this idea of really putting consumer privacy at the forefront."

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"We lost a lot of public trust because of some of the flip-flopping advice."

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Trump was ultimately again elected president, and while he has said he does not plan to impose a national abortion ban, activists have urged caution, pointing to his flip-flopping record and his appointment of U.S.

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