turn 180 degrees

1. Literally, to turn and face the opposite direction. I was going to go to the park, but when I saw those dark clouds roll in, I turned 180 degrees and headed back home.

2. To make a big change in one's position, opinion, lifestyle, etc. A: "Can you believe that Sam quit his job at the firm?" B: "No, he really turned 180 degrees on being a paralegal!"

See also: 180, degree, turn

See also:

literally
drift with
drift with (something)
cut off from the (outside) world
blue pill
(the) survival of the fittest
beat the daylights out of
beat the shit out of (one)
beat the tar out of
beat/scare the daylights out of somebody

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