Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To turn on an exact spot. · To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market. · To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle. · Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. · Act of turning on one foot. · The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō.
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