turn of events

1. 1.

   an unforeseen development

   “events suddenly took an awkward turn”

   Synonymsturntwist

   Broaderdevelopment

Questions about turn of events

What does turn of events mean?

turn of events means "an unforeseen development".

What is another word for turn of events?

Close synonyms include turn, twist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turn of events a common word?

turn of events is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.