turn the boat around

A form of turn the boat — To make a major change in behavior, strategy, topic under discussion, etc.

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Meanings

verbturn the boat around (third-person singular simple present turns the boat around, present participle turning the boat around, simple past and past participle turned the boat around)

present singular third person turns the boat around · participle present turning the boat around · participle past turned the boat around · past turned the boat around

  1. alternativeAlternative form of turn the boat.
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