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handbrake turn

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handbrake turn
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel


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So Riy'ad had to risk his life to take me (for he could be shot for approaching it), driving the ambulance at high speed to within a few yards of the wall, whereupon Sou'ad and I "fell out" of the side door while he made a 180-degree handbrake turn and effected a high-speed exit
 
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