English Reference

Idiom

bang a uey

Meaning

To make a U-turn while driving a vehicle.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“We missed the turn, so just bang a uey here.”

“The GPS says we are going the wrong way, so you should bang a uey at the next light.”

“Realizing they had driven past the hidden entrance, he decided to bang a uey across the empty road to head back.”

Examples

simple

“We missed the turn, so just bang a uey here.”

contextual

“The GPS says we are going the wrong way, so you should bang a uey at the next light.”

complex

“Realizing they had driven past the hidden entrance, he decided to bang a uey across the empty road to head back.”

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