单词 | right-about-face |
释义 | right-about-facev. intransitive. To turn one hundred and eighty degrees to the right; to execute a full turn; (figurative) to reverse one's position, opinion, etc.; to turn tail, retreat. ΚΠ 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 26 Southey, who once wrote for freedom—egad, True turn-coat, can right about face, pliant lad. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i, in Fraser's Mag. May 617/1 Back to the village, gentlemen!—right about face! Shew those fellows, corporal, how to right about face. 1870 F. Kilvert Diary 26 Feb. (1944) 12 I was only too thankful..that I had not to right about fact and march back up. 1939 Eng. Jrnl. 28 561 Green's musical drama satirizes the way the all-for-peace people so quickly rightabout-face after hearing a bit of propaganda. 1993 M. Benziger August Benziger xiv. 276 Then, with the bearing of an officer, he right-about-faced, marched toward the swinging pantry door and headed for the kitchen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1815 |
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