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Common collocations with U-turn in British Collocation

U-turn noun countable

UK

complete or big

complete
dramatic
major

The scheme looks set to go ahead after a dramatic U-turn by the government.

embarrassing

embarrassing
humiliating

The humiliating U-turn follows yesterday’s legal challenge by Friends of the Earth.

do a U-turn

do
make
perform

A determined campaign by locals forced the council to do a U-turn on the pool’s closure.

make someone do a U-turn

force someone into

The government may be forced into an embarrassing U-turn following a barrage of criticism.