road to damascus

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Definition of road to damascus in English English dictionary

A road to Damascus moment, or change, is an important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs

The candidate is aggressively branding himself as Vernon 2.0, a kinder, gentler Vernon Jones, a bridge builder, a fence mender. Asked by a Rockdale editor about his “road to Damascus moment,” Jones laughs. “I got knocked off my donkey,” he says.

a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians)

Hyphenation

road to Da·mas·cus

Turkish pronunciation

rōd tı dımäskıs

Pronunciation

/ˈrōd tə dəˈmaskəs/ /ˈroʊd tə dəˈmæskəs/

Etymology

() From the Bible New Testament book Referring to the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, later known as the Apostle Paul, to Christianity while travelling to Damascus to persecute Christians.