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Make a u turn vs Do a u turn

Both "make a U-turn" and "do a U-turn" are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning. The choice between them is a matter of personal preference.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 1160 views

Make a u turn

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to instruct someone to turn their vehicle in the shape of a U to go in the opposite direction.

Examples:

  • The GPS instructed me to make a U-turn at the next intersection.
  • The driver realized he was going the wrong way and decided to make a U-turn.
  • Make a U turn as soon as possible.
  • Make a U-turn at the next intersection.
  • 'Make a U-turn when possible.
  • When possible, please make a U-turn.
  • Make a U-turn on Flint Street...
  • Make a U-turn at the light.
  • Any minute the Spaceballs will make a U-turn, head back this way and make us all dead.
  • Pull up here, make a u-turn at the stop sign, proceed through the exit gate.
  • All right, so we drop the frigidaire off at the docks, make a u-turn...
  • FEMALE VOICE: Make a U-turn, if possible.
  • The ambitions of China and India will probably push this even further if we do not ultimately make a U-turn.
  • The money concerned cannot be spent until Belgrade makes a U-turn, but that will only happen if the opposition can express itself.
  • Look, I know I just got back, but it turns out I have to make a U-turn, head back up to Lexington, and fast.
  • If we want to make it to Kyoto, we will have to make a U-turn.
  • Pull up here, make a u-turn at the stop sign, proceed through the exit gate.
  • No, wait, make a U-turn!
  • Make a U-turn at the next legal opportunity.
  • The new Corvettes had just come in, so I stopped right on the spot, I make a U-turn and I buy one.
  • All credit is due to the Commission, which, via Mr Lamy in Doha and Mr Fischler, wants to make a U-turn through agricultural reform proposals.
  • As far as I am concerned, it would actually be a good thing if Dutch policy, an international anomaly, came under pressure from European countries to make a U-turn.

Alternatives:

  • perform a U-turn
  • execute a U-turn
  • take a U-turn
  • turn around

Do a u turn

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to instruct someone to turn their vehicle in the shape of a U to go in the opposite direction.

Examples:

  • The sign said 'No U-turns,' but the driver decided to do a U-turn anyway.
  • She missed her exit and had to do a U-turn to get back on track.
  • If you get blocked, then you can do a u-turn.
  • I'll even do a U-turn on the M5 if I have to.
  • Wait. You can't do a U-turn on your dream.
  • We cannot do a U-turn on this success, but instead we must protect, strengthen and develop it.
  • I was standing against the wall and I saw a cab do a U-turn and pull up to the curb.
  • I can't exactly do a u-turn here.
  • Every time I see a pickup truck do a U-turn, I think it's coming after me and I'm shaking so badly, I have to stop what I'm doing.
  • Since the workers' struggles in Greece, Ireland and Portugal have been in vain, as we know, it is time to do a U-turn and to stop insisting on benefiting only economic and financial business groups, above all in the major European powers.
  • Today, without trying to be party political, I am launching a big petition in my own country to try to make the French President who initiated the European mini-treaty do a U-turn and offer a referendum.
  • So when my mother used to take me to school, she thought I was at school, and I used to do a U-turn, when her back was turned, and run off and hide in the shed at the back of the garden.
  • Mr President-in-Office of the Council, our aversion to your politics and your government, as you know, is deep-rooted, and it would not make sense for us to do a U-turn now that your politics are being applied to Europe and not just Italy.
  • The ambitions of China and India will probably push this even further if we do not ultimately make a U-turn.
  • Is it in order that PPE-DE Group can do a complete U-turn and table an oral amendment that is the opposite of its original amendment?
  • Make a U turn as soon as possible.
  • And I appreciate your concern, but two deaths are nowhere near enough to warrant a U-turn.
  • First chance we get, we're doing a U-turn.
  • Make a U-turn at the next intersection.
  • 'Make a U-turn when possible.
  • When possible, please make a U-turn.
  • Make a U-turn on Flint Street...

Alternatives:

  • make a U-turn
  • perform a U-turn
  • execute a U-turn
  • take a U-turn

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