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“To the right-about—every soul!” cried the master; “away with your congratulations! Who wants them? Not I!—they are fifteen years too late!”

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.

That object achieved, he proposed to turn his visitors to the right-about and send them home.

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.

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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