right-about
Example Sentences
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That quick right-about had saved him from an attack, although he did not realize it.
From Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure by Ball, Eustace Hale
Why, no, sir: your cousin would have sent me to the right-about within a week of his succession.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
And in Algiers, when that Frenchman made himself so objectionable and you managed to send him to the right-about after a few moments' conversation.
From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell
Mrs. Tovell jealously reserved for herself the duty of scrubbing these state apartments, and sent any servant to the right-about who dared to lay unhallowed hands upon them.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
It wouldn't surprise me if it all ended in Zack turning right-about face, and caring for Uncle Caleb just as much as he thought he hated him.
From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan
