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Where does “turnaround” come from?

Turnaround is a twentieth-century English compound of turn and around, formed to denote a reversal or complete change of direction or situation.

turnaround (English): The act of turning to face in the other...

Definitions

  1. The act of turning to face in the other...

Ancestry of “turnaround”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishturn aroundAlternative spelling of turnaround; To physically...
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