RIGHT-ABOUT: Meaning and related words - OneLook

Usually means: Military command to turn around.

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right-about: Merriam-Webster
right-about: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
right-about: Wordnik
right-about: Wiktionary
Right-about: Dictionary.com
Right-about: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
right-about: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Right-about: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
right-about: FreeDictionary.org
Right-about: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (right-about)

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

Similar:

left-about, heel turn, turnabout, turning, left turn, U-turn, turnaround, pivot, counterturn, flip, more...

Phrases:

to send to the right-about, more...

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left-about, heel turn, turnabout, turning, left turn, U-turn, turnaround, pivot, counterturn, flip, more...

Phrases:

to send to the right-about, more...

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