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about-turn
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about-turnnoun
A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation.
about-turnverb
To turn 180 degrees, typically in a military formation.
about-turnverb
Total reversal of opinion or attitude.
Etymology: From the imperative phrase used in the military.
Anagrams for about-turn »
turnabout
turn about
turn-about
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of about-turn in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of about-turn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of about-turn in a Sentence
We all actually kind of thought that this was their way of pranking us, you know, they, they, you know, the kids go in and prank them while they turn around and prank the kids. And that would have been absolutely fantastic, a great way to have dealt with it.
We’ve been open only six weeks and have been very fortunate that we have yet to turn anybody away.
Over my dead body will we ever do what Brian Kemp did, and that is turn our elections over to Stacey Abrams, we'll never let that happen again.
We don’t want them to start an internal war battle. But at some point, that’s what people are going to turn to if they can’t be listened to, so they’re turning to us. And if we can create a path forward, others can too.
Chairman ?Gowdy granted a reasonable extension because for him this is not about politics. It is about getting all relevant documents for the committee, he still believes the best option for Secretary Clinton is to turn over her server to a neutral arbiter to independently determine what should be in the public domain. The committee has no interest in her personal emails.
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