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a⋅bout-face

  [n. uh-bout-feys, uh-bout-feys; v. uh-bout-feys] noun, verb, -faced, -fac⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Military. a turn of 180° from the position of attention.
2. a complete, sudden change in position, direction, principle, attitude, etc.: They've done an about-face in their foreign policy.
–verb (used without object)
3. to execute an about face.
4. to turn in the opposite direction.
5. to switch to an opposite opinion.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism
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a·bout-face   (ə-bout'fās')
n.  

    1. The act of pivoting to face in the opposite direction from the original, especially in a military formation.

    2. A military command to turn clockwise 180°.

  2. A total change of attitude or viewpoint.

intr.v.   a·bout-faced, a·bout-fac·ing, a·bout-fac·es
To reverse direction.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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