switch-around, n.
(ˈswɪtʃəraʊnd)
Also switcharound.
[f. the vbl. phr. to switch around: see switch v. 7.]
A switching or turning round; an alternation or exchange; a reversal of position, opinion, etc.; = turn-round n. 2.
| 1981 Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 12/7 Mr Barry Askew, 44, editor of the Lancashire Evening Post for 12 years, was named yesterday as editor of the News of the World in a switch-around by Mr Rupert Murdoch..involving two of his Fleet Street titles. 1983 Punch 27 Apr. 59/3, I may get a shoulder bag. One step at a time, though. You can only carry off this kind of behaviourist switch-around by easy stages. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 12 Apr. 79/2 While singing showbiz is packed with pacesetters whose glitzy switcharounds keep fans happy, fans lead as well as follow. |