road to Damascus

Definitions of road to Damascus
  1. noun
    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)
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    type of:
    landmark, turning point, watershed
    an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
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