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A change of opinion

about-turn

noun

a big change in your opinion or attitude to something, so that it is almost the opposite of what it was before

climb-down

noun

a change of attitude in which someone admits that they were wrong

shift

noun

a change in something, for example in someone’s ideas or opinions

conversion

noun

a change in someone’s beliefs, especially their religious beliefs

turnabout

noun

an important change in a situation or in someone’s opinion or attitude

somersault

noun

a sudden change from one policy or opinion to another very different one

leap

noun

a big change in the way that you think or in what you do

volte-face

noun

a sudden and complete change of opinion or plan. A more usual word is U-turn.

a change of heart

a situation in which you change your opinion about someone or something

on second thoughts

used when you want to change something that you have just said, often to say the opposite

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