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Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1893 British about-face

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n., v., & int. --n. 1 a turn made so as to face the opposite direction. 2 a change of opinion or policy etc. --v.intr. make an about-turn. --int. (about turn) Mil. a command to make an about-turn. Etymology: orig. as int.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(about-turns) An about-turn is the same as an about-face. (BRIT; in AM, use about-face) N-COUNT





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