What does three-point turn mean?

three-point turn

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

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"Near-synonym: turnabout"
"The vehicles resemble something out of Thunderbirds. They have to be squat, long and narrow to fit through the body of the TBM. They also have a cab at each end, as there's no getting away with a three-point turn in a tunnel!"

three-point turns (plural)

U-turn uey

K-turn turnabout

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