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  1. about-turnnoun

    A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation.

  2. about-turnverb

    To turn 180 degrees, typically in a military formation.

  3. about-turnverb

    Total reversal of opinion or attitude.

  4. Etymology: From the imperative phrase used in the military.

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. Michael Levine:

    I have dealt with them face-to-face with them believing I was one of them.The notoriety gained by killing someone like Penn or even Del Castillo will actually turn these bastards on, it's a step into the dark world of the kill-crazies. Believe me it is there, and unwittingly these two may have stepped into a world where there is an actual competition to kill them. I sincerely hope I am proven wrong, but after 25 years of deep cover work in that world, pessimism is a blessed virtue.

  2. Charles Randell:

    It's a big oil tanker and takes a while to turn.

  3. Lebanese Proverb:

    Beware of the man to whom you have done a good turn.

  4. Tufts Center for Regenerative:

    You can turn on the light, in this case it's blue light, and you blink this blue light at this tumor, I believe it's 24 hours, and the tumor goes away.

  5. Giorgi Gobronidze:

    We do not want to turn into a monster that has this huge number of people's photography.

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