road to Damascus
a situation in which someone experiences a sudden and complete change in their opinions or beliefs The phrase is based on the story in the New Testament of the Bible, in which St Paul saw a blinding light and heard God's voice while he was travelling on the road to Damascus He immediately became a Christian

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road to Damascus
(your) road to Damascus
[British & Australian, formal]
a very important experience which changes your whole life.
It was this chance meeting in a bar in Portland that he would later describe as his road to Damascus.

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road-to-Damascus
[British & Australian, formal]
(your) road to Damascus - a very important experience which changes your whole life.
I used to be a slob, but then I underwent a sort of road-to-Damascus conversion to fitness.
(always before noun)

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