right-about
Example Sentences
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If Paul were your sweetheart, young lady, you wouldn't be in such a hurry to have him sent to the right-about.
From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.
And with the biggest man in Westville on your side, you’ll see how public opinion will right-about face!”
From Counsel for the Defense by Chapman, Charles M.
Well, young lady, now you right-about face and live up to the other side of it.
From Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman by Sharp, Annabel
The P�re, albeit very far from gratified by his charge, promised to do all in his power; and the sergeant, having commanded a "present arms" to the Ch�teau, wheeled right-about and departed.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
I had never before seen this rocket charge and have never either since; by all appearance it was most successful in this case, for it soon turned them to the right-about, and made them retreat.
From The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns by Nugent-Bankes, George
