| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·bout-face |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  -bout f s |
| NOUN: | 1a. The act of pivoting to face in the opposite direction from the original, especially in a military formation. b. A military command to turn clockwise 180°. 2. A total change of attitude or viewpoint. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: a·bout-·faced, a·bout-·fac·ing, a·bout-·fac·es
To reverse direction.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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