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Definition of Turn on a dime
1. Verb. Have a small turning radius. "My little subcompact car turns on a dime!"
Definition of Turn on a dime
1. Verb. (intransitive US) to have a small turning circle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn On A Dime
Literary usage of Turn on a dime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"They turn on a dime and are remarkably smooth. A jetboat river trip is not
something you'll forget quickly. Erik at Breakaway Adventures is particularly ..."
2. British Columbia Adventure Guide by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"Keep in mind that the weather in the Charlottes can turn on a dime (if you don't
like the weather now, locals say, wait 20 minutes and it'll change). ..."
3. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing And Employing America for a by Cosepup, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
"Like a supertanker, the US economy does not turn on a dime, and if it goes off
course it could be very difficult to head back in the right direction. ..."
4. Speaking of Liberty by Llewellyn H. Rockwell (2003)
"When it happens, attitudes will turn on a dime. No advocate of the gold standard
looks forward to the crisis nor to the human suffering that will come with ..."
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