right-about-face
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2ADJ.
turned
RIGHT-ABOUT-FACE + NOUN
home
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noun
Synonym of about-face.
The Toronto share market staged a right-about face in the last hour today and advanced in active trading after four hours of dullness and small sales.
verb
Synonym of about-face.
So we right-about-faced and started back again, stumbling as if we were boozed, slipping, puffing, splashing, and bespattering ourselves. One of the boys cried to me through the wind and rain: 'We'll go back with you as far as your home, all the same. As we've nowhere to go we've plenty of time.'
adv
Synonym of about-face.
The urge to reach the Klondike had become a habit more than an obsession, and when at last on June 30 they walked glumly down the gangplank at Dawson most of them turned right-about-face and went home again.
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3The Toronto share market staged a right-about face in the last hour today and advanced in active trading after four hours of dullness and small sales.
WiktionarySo we right-about-faced and started back again, stumbling as if we were boozed, slipping, puffing, splashing, and bespattering ourselves. One of the boys cried to me through the wind and rain: 'We'll
WiktionaryThe urge to reach the Klondike had become a habit more than an obsession, and when at last on June 30 they walked glumly down the gangplank at Dawson most of them turned right-about-face and went home
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