right-about

Example Sentences

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But there a flash of memory pulled me up all-standing, and caused me to give hoots of joy and delight, and sent me to the right-about whence I had come, at a very different pace.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright

He turned him round and right-about All on the Irish shore.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 by Various

A cab-driver never pulls the reins except upon great emergencies, or for a right-about turn, and his horse has a most ludicrous aversion to a straight line.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

“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

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