turn and burn

This is military fighter pilots' jargon. When the last missile is fired or when the ordinance has been dropped on target, it is then time to quickly get out of the area-of-operations. The pilot turns his plane towards base and shifts into after-burner. This has since been adopted by the civilian community to mean when a decision has been made, especially if it was a poor decision, you forget about it and press on with the next phase of the mission.

Man, flak was hairy out there so as soon as I dropped my load, it was turn and burn time let me tell you.

I had three on my ass. I braked, banked and ended up on the tail of one. I pulled the trigger and his wing just exploded. I lined up another, got tone and fired a sidewinder up his exhaust and he was gone! The third one ran for home so just befor turn and burn, I fired another missile in his direction."

by Grey Swordsman March 21, 2009

face turn

When a person completely and suddenly, and often shockingly, goes from bad to good. The term came from professional wrestling to refer when a heel(bad guy) becomes a face(good guy) and the crowd cheers for him.

Dude did you see that wrestler's face turn yesterday?

by helper 12345 July 17, 2016

Turn up

Raised your energy and enthusiasm; get excited; have a good time crunk

It's Friday night and it's time to turn up

by Potency878 August 25, 2016

Rounding the Turn

A grifting term coined by Donald Trump to leave his gullible supporters with the impression that the COVID-19 Pandemic will soon be over.

The covid will soon be over; we're rounding the turn

by Uncle Frank's Fox October 23, 2020

turn tail

to run away in fear (and run is often added although this essentially makes it redundant)

Don't turn tail when you have a huge turnout like that.

by The Rerturn of Light Joker November 2, 2008

turn and burn

getting to a destination and immediately turning around and going back home, commonly done by truckers.

we are going to turn and burn so we can get back and pick up another trailer.

by thatscrewedupkid April 24, 2016

turn-ticker

A mechanical device used in a car to signal to other motorists what direction you will take when changing lanes or turning. Commonly known as a"turn signal".

Fritz was driving down the road and was going to turn right onto the next street so he flipped his right turn-ticker on.

by tblsetters September 25, 2013