Definitions for about turn
about turn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. about-face, about turnnoun

   act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation

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1. about turnnoun

   Of a formation of soldiers, to reverse the direction in which they are facing; an about face.

2. about turnnoun

   A complete change of opinion, direction, etc.

3. about turnverb

   To turn to face the opposite direction.

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1. about turn

   An about turn refers to a complete reversal of direction or point of view. It can be used in both a literal and a metaphorical sense. Literally, it can refer to turning 180 degrees so that you are facing the opposite way. Metaphorically, it can refer to a sudden change in one's opinion, position, or policy on an issue. This term originates from military use, where it was a command to turn and face the opposite direction.

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1. • Reversal

Anagrams for about turn »

1. turnabout

2. turn about

3. turn-about

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of about turn in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of about turn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of about turn in a Sentence

1. Rabindra Abeyasinghe:

   What we are encouraging countries to do is focus on better management of patients, because if you manage the patient and you prevent the deaths, what we basically do is we turn dengue into a sort of normal flu-like thing. Which comes and goes.

2. United States:

   The United States Government violates asylum seekers' rights and fails to uphold responsibilities under international law when The US government expels them to Mexico while they seek refuge in United States. Likewise, the Mexican government is accomplice to this violation when it agrees to accept asylum seekers who fled their countries through Mexico to seek refuge in the United States, the United States government wants to turn Mexico into a vast immigration detention center.

3. Fernando Camilo:

   We didn't expect to use our telescope so early in the game, it's not even optimized, but to turn it to the centre of the galaxy and obtain these stunning images, the best in the world, tells you you've done something right, better than right.

4. Angel Alejandro Segreo:

   I came to the bridge to turn myself in because I’m Cuban and I want to pursue a political asylum case in the United States.

5. City Attorney Rick Doyle:

   We don’t want to turn the guns over and we don’t have to turn the guns over. The courts have agreed with us.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=about turn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/About_Turn
3. ^ ChatGPT
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