handbrake turn

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noun

a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel

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Words nearby handbrake turn

handbill, handblown, handbook, handbound, hand brake, handbrake turn, handbreadth, h and c, handcar, hand-carry, handcart

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How to use handbrake turn in a sentence

So far, all the players seemed to be willing to wait their turn.
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Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.
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An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
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Who do you turn to now when you have a decision to make, when you have one less person to provide validation or advice?
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In other words, Florida clerks were no longer allowed to turn gay couples away.
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Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
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He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
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Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
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Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
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Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.
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