backflip

  1. Noun.  An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
  2. Noun.  (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, an U-turn.
  3. Verb.  To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
  4. Verb.  To completely reverse a policy or opinion.

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