Definitions for about-face

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about-face a·bout-face

Spelling: [noun uh-bout-feys, uh-

IPA: /noun əˈbaʊtˌfeɪs, əˈbaʊtˈfeɪs; verb əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs/

About-Face is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in about-face (-aabcefotu).

Definitions for about-face

noun

1. Military. a turn of 180° from the position of attention.
2. a complete, sudden change in position, direction, principle, attitude, etc.:

interjection

1. (used as a military command to perform an about-face).

verb (used without object)

1. to execute an about face.
2. to turn in the opposite direction.
3. to switch to an opposite opinion.

Origin of about-face

An Americanism dating back to 1860-65

Examples for about-face

For answer, Phil caught her by the arm and turned her about-face.

We did an about-face at 12th Street and double-timed back to the folks.

But such an about-face by the stubborn government seems unlikely.

A strong desire possesses us to about-face and back to the woods again.

Areheart thought this about-face happened because Jackson suddenly felt “terribly exposed,” in a way he had never done before.

She had a strong desire to about-face and return to Harlowe House.

Yet such an about-face seems unlikely, at least according to one rank-and-file Brotherhood member.

In eight months, you have done an about-face and taken this country in a much more sane direction.

He had sternly informed her that she must about-face and do better.

Asked to explain the about-face, Bush blamed the shifting political sands.