right-about

NOUN

turn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angle change corner curve departure direction reversal round shift spin spiral swing trend twist wind

STRONG

about-face bend bias bow branch circle circuit circulation circumvolution cycle detour deviation drift flection flexure fork gyration gyre heading hook pirouette pivot quirk retroversion reverse reversion roll rotation tack tendency turnabout turning twisting wheel whirl winding yaw

WEAK

changeabout

Antonyms

WEAK

failure inability miss stagnation

Example Sentences

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If he comes about the place he's to be sent to the right-about.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

Now's your time to turn over a new leaf, and turn all the angles, corners and right-about faces needed.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

“I think we had better turn right-about, we shall never be able to get past him alive,” said the captain.

From East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North by Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen

But Juma, the moment he saw his mistake, hastened to the gate and shouted to the men to right-about and make for the gorge.

From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert

When Louis Philippe was sent to the right-about, the mean bourgeois politician went to the right-about too, and his fortune with him.

From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus

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