do a one-eighty

and turn one hundred and eighty degrees

1. Lit. to turn around and go in the opposite direction. When I hollered, the dog did a one-eighty and headed back to its own yard.

2. Fig. to radically reverse a decision or opinion. His political philosophy turned one hundred and eighty degrees when he grew a little older.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fryderyk	fri-DER-ik	Polish
Agatha	AG-ə-thə (English)	English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Gulbrandr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Cleopas	KLEE-ə-pəs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Dick	[dik]
Barbara	BAHR-bər-ə (English), BAHR-brə (English), BAHR-bah-rah (German), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish)	English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,