turn on a dime

Verb

Meaning

have a small turning radius

Hypernyms

Examples

What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign. Dennis Miller

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. Ridley Scott

We're building an independent political program that can run electoral politics and then turn on a dime to hold our leaders to task, in case they suddenly develop that old case of amnesia! We'll be there to remind them what they promised and who they promised to work for! Richard Trumka

That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime. Bruce Springsteen

One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that. Albert Brooks

My little subcompact car turns on a dime! Source: Internet

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