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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
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.
It's a big oil tanker and takes a while to turn.
Beware of the man to whom you have done a good turn.
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.
We do not want to turn into a monster that has this huge number of people's photography.
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