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About-face   /əbˈaʊt-feɪs/   Listen
About-face

noun
1.
Act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation.  Synonym: about turn.
2.
A major change in attitude or principle or point of view.  Synonyms: policy change, reversal, volte-face.





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"About-face" Quotes from Famous Books



... drew capitally; the Green Dragon was, after all, not very far behind the Knight and Squire; and the Owl came too-hooing, close upon the Dragon's tail; while the General Officer seemed in a great hurry to catch the Owl, and kept singing out "Halt! halt! right-about-face," and other expressions evidently from a somewhat scanty vocabulary of military terms. The rest of the racers came up pretty ...
— Ernest Bracebridge - School Days • William H. G. Kingston


Words linked to "About-face" :   rethink, reversion, turn, reverse, turnabout, turnaround, change, undoing


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