switcheroo
[swich-uh-roo, swich-uh-roo]
- an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
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Origin of switcheroo
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As the situation gets even messier, and before more meat is thrown, a switcheroo—just as in the best pop charts.
Something more than ordinary partisanship is driving this switcheroo.
About a decade ago you underwent what you refer to as “the switcheroo.”
Joseph Curl of The Washington Times is the latest to speculate on the Hillary Clinton-Joe Biden switcheroo.
switcheroo
- US slang a surprising or unexpected change or variation
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Word Origin
C20: from switch
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