Usually means: Sharp turn using car's handbrake.
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  1. handbrake turn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. handbrake turn: Collins English Dictionary
  3. handbrake turn: Wiktionary
  4. Handbrake turn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. handbrake turn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. handbrake turn: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (handbrake turn)

noun:  (automotive) An automobile driving manoeuvre where the driver starts turning the vehicle and then pulls on the handbrake to make the rear tyres lose adhesion and thus cause the back of the vehicle to slide around (in the direction of the turn).
noun:  (figuratively) An abrupt change of opinion.

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