turn around and (do something)
idiom
informal
: to act in an unexpected or surprising way by doing (something specified)
He just turned around and left school.
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The nearly 100 family and friends who bought tickets for the race might as well turn around and head back to New Jersey, too.
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Anyone who encounters flooded roads should turn around and not drive through them, officials said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 24 July 2025
If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
The brothers would then turn around and sell the products for cash, including cellphones, tablets, doorbells and clothing, the FBI says, while cheating hundreds of online vendors out of least $400,000.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Anyone who encounters flooded roads should turn around and not drive through them, officials said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 24 July 2025
If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
The brothers would then turn around and sell the products for cash, including cellphones, tablets, doorbells and clothing, the FBI says, while cheating hundreds of online vendors out of least $400,000.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
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“Turn around and (do something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20around%20and%20%28do%20something%29. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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