right - about face
1right about-face — right about face, 1. a turning in the opposite direction. 2. a turn in the opposite direction; reversal: »a right about face in policy …
2right about face! — Words of command, on which soldiers turn to the side specified ● face …
3right-about-face — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: from the imperative phrase right about face 1. : to execute a right about face 2. : to turn to the right about especially as a military maneuver II. noun : a complete reversal …
4right about face — 1. Mil. a. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. b. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner. 2. rightabout (def. 2). 3. any complete… …
5right about face — 1. Mil. a. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. b. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner. 2. rightabout (def. 2). 3. any complete… …
6right-about-face — Synonyms and related words: about face, about turn, afterthoughts, back track, back trail, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backup, better thoughts, change of mind, do an about face, face about, flip, flip flop, mature judgment,… …
7right about — noun The directly opposite quarter (in drill or dismissal; also right about face) adverb In the opposite direction intransitive verb To turn to face the opposite direction • • • Main Entry: ↑right …
8right-about — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from (to the) right about! 1. : the position arrived at by turning directly about by the right or sometimes by the left so as to face in the opposite direction : the quarter directly opposite usually used with… …
9about face — Synonyms and related words: about turn, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, afterthoughts, alchemy, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, assimilation, assumption, back track, back trail, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up,… …
10right about — (also right about face) noun Military a right turn through 180° so as to face in the opposite direction …
