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backflip

1. noun

a) An act of rotating ones body 360 degrees in the backward direction.

PM predicts water recycling backflips. Courier Mail, 29 Jan 2007

b) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, an U-turn.

2. verb

a) To perform a backflip (rotation of body)

b) To completely reverse a policy or opinion.

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