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  1. right-aboutnoun

    A 180-degree turn towards the right (especially of troops)

Webster Dictionary

  1. Right-aboutnoun

    a turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about

  2. Etymology: [Right, adv. + about, adv.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of right-about in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of right-about in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of right-about in a Sentence

  1. Fostering Teamwork Gen. Petraeus:

    He recommended that I seek experiences that would take me out of my intellectual comfort zone, such as going to graduate school, i followed that advice, and he was right about the importance of such experiences to my individual development.

  2. Julia Gillard:

    I have a view that men and women are equal, a few years ago I heard [defense chief General] Peter Cosgrove say that men and women should have an equal right to fight and die for their country. I think he is right about that.

  3. Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

    Because I was right about Iraq.

  4. Donald Trump:

    You have people that are very, very upset about what's happening with our country as a country, and you have other people who don't just feel right about things.

  5. Mike Golic:

    While it was a, ‘ Oh man ’ there was like a ‘ Yeah, OK, my dad was right about this age when he was diagnosed, ’ so while it was surprising it was n’t shocking.

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