About-face synonyms

ə-bout'fās'

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flip-flop
A backless, often foam rubber sandal held to the foot at the big toe by means of a thong.
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switch
The bushy tip of the tail of certain animals:
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turnabout
The act of turning about, as to face the other way
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volte-face
A complete reversal of opinion, attitude, etc.
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change
To cause to be different:
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180 degree turn
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overturning
Present participle of overturn.
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repeal
To withdraw officially or formally; revoke; cancel; annul
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retraction
The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.
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reversal
A usually adverse change in fortune:
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turnaround
Turnaround is defined as a change in direction, the time spent to implement a product or service or a place where a vehicle can be turned to go back in the other direction.
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u-turn
A turn made so as to head in the opposite direction
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double
(Games) To challenge (an opponent's bid) with a double in bridge.
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reverse
(Intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
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approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
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about-turn
(UK, military) Of a formation of soldiers, to reverse the direction in which they are facing; an about face. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
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swingaround
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naturalization
The formal grant of U.S. citizenship to a foreigner.
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re-formation
A new formation (a subsequent coming together of the elements of a former grouping)
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reconversion
Action of converting something again
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retroversion
The state of being turned or tilted back.
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right-about
A 180-degree turn towards the right (especially of troops)
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right-about-face
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error-in-judgment (related)
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About-face Sentence Examples

  • Nothing short of an encounter with the risen Christ has remotely explained his major about-face.

  • After saying the ward would not be closed health bosses then did an about-face.

  • Nevertheless, the present south Korean authorities made about-face to our sincerity and concocted the " sunshine policy " .

  • The philosophy of ' getting more ' is one which Graeme Chalklin likes to turn about-face, and direct toward his suppliers.

  • That would be an admission that Airbus ' strategy is seriously flawed and needs a radical about-face.

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