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about turn
interjection
- a military command to a formation of men to reverse the direction in which they are facing
noun
- a complete change or reversal, as of opinion, attitude, direction, etc
verb
- intr to perform an about-turn
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Example Sentences
He say de dead Tomlinsons would in-about turn over in dee graves ef dee know he sont a cripple man 'way from he 'ouse.
Private Thomas Atkins was marched to a wall, ordered to right-about turn, and then (under the command of the Quartermaster) shot.
It failed to hear the order "About-turn" and marched straight forward.
But having gained it I performed an about-turn and continued to mark time there, whilst surveying the moon-bathed road behind me.
Natural it may have been, but none the less it was a right-about-turn of the spirit.
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