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Home > Reference > Idioms > Road to Damascus

Idiom: Road to Damascus

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Meaning:

If someone has a great and sudden change in their ideas or beliefs, then this is a road to Damascus change, after the conversion of Saint Paul to Christianity while heading to Damascus to persecute Christians.

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