one-eighty
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But then, as if suffering a crisis of conscience, he pulled a one-eighty.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2013
I whip around in a full one-eighty, already speed-walking back to the Seventy-Second Street station.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
A full emotional one-eighty in a span of sixty seconds.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Me: “Remember how yesterday you wouldn’t even talk to me? Kind of a one-eighty, huh?”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
Later, in the hall between third and fourth periods, I saw Digger, and I know he saw me—because I watched him do a double take and then turn a complete one-eighty.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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