do a 180 degree turn

To make a big change in some area of one's life. If one physically turns 180 degrees, one will then be facing the opposite direction. A: "Can you believe that Sam quit his job at the firm?" B: "No, he really did a 180 degree turn on being a paralegal!"

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do (someone) a good turn
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do (someone) in the eye
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do (someone) out of (something)
do (someone) the courtesy of (doing something)
do (something) at (one's) own pace
do (something) at (one's) own risk
do (something) blindfolded
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do a double take
do a dump on someone/something
do a fade
do a favor
do a good job
do a good, bad, etc. job
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do a hatchet job on (someone or something)
do a job on
do a job on (someone or something)
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do a job on someone From do a number on something.
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do a kindness
do a land-office business
do a line
do a line with (someone)
do a line with someone
do a Melba
do a moonlight flit
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do (someone) the courtesy of (doing something)
do (someone) wrong
do (someone) wrong
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do (someone, something, or oneself) justice
do (something) at (one's) own pace
do (something) at (one's) own risk
do (something) blindfolded
do (something) by halves
do (something) by the book
do (something) for the best
do (something) standing on (one's) head
do (something) the hard way
do (something) to death
do (something) up brown
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Do A Barrel Roll
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do a demolition job on (someone or something)
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