Usually means: Complete, sudden change in direction.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word about-face:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. about-face: Merriam-Webster
  2. about-face, about-face: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. about-face: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. about-face, about-face: Collins English Dictionary
  5. about-face: Vocabulary.com
  6. About-Face, About-face, about-face: Wordnik
  7. about-face: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. about-face: Wiktionary
  9. about-face: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. about-face: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. about-face: Dictionary.com
  12. about-face: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. about-face: Rhymezone
  14. about-face: FreeDictionary.org
  15. about-face: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. about-face: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. about-face: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. about-face: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. about-face: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (military) An abrupt turn to face the opposite direction.
noun:  (figurative) A reversal in direction; a reversal of attitude or opinion.
verb:  (intransitive) To turn 180 degrees to face the opposite direction.
verb:  To change opinion or attitude drastically.

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