掉头

(掉頭)diào tóu

to turn around

Example Sentences

发现前面是一条走不通的死胡同后，司机迅速在开阔路口掉头往回开。

fā xiàn qián miàn shì yī tiáo zǒu bù tōng de sǐ hú tòng hòu, sī jī xùn sù zài kāi kuò lù kǒu diào tóu wǎng huí kāi.

After discovering that there was a dead end ahead, the driver quickly turned around at the open intersection and drove back.

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to turn on one's heels / to walk away abruptly

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