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单词 to return to face a person
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to return to face a person
b. intransitive. To turn round to face in the opposite direction, to face about. †Also with to, towards, unto, or upon (a person). Now only in to return to face a person.
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the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn to opposite direction
turnc1225
bewenda1300
to turn aboutc1330
returna1470
wheel1639
face1644
to turn on one's heel1669
to turn around1756
to turn round1787
about-face1896
about-turn1927
U-turn1931
U1971
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 28 That saw kyng Claryvauns, and returne [d] unto sir Brastias, and eythir smote othir so that horse and man wente to the erthe.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 463 (MED) When this noble yonge man Iulian huntede..and folowede an herte, the herte returnede [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. tornede his face] to hym.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 59 Wallace raturnd as man of mekyll mayne And at a straik the formast has he slayne.
a1500 (?a1410) J. Lydgate Churl & Bird (Lansd.) 297 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 481 (MED) She took hir fliht and gan ageyn retoorne Towardis hym & seide as ye shal here.
a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 99 Bot quhene the protectour..saw the great battell..returnand and geiffand bakis [etc.].
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 219 Thaj..returnit agane, and brak abak vpoun thame.
1691 B. Keach Spiritual Melody i. 21 Then do not mourn, ye godly ones, When on you God does run, He pities you, and hears your moans, In mercy will return Again to you, and you shall see His sweet and lovely face.
1780 S. Harrison Songs in Night 105 He will in Mercy yet return, Tho' now he hides his Face.
a1816 A. Ferguson Hist. Progress & Termination Rom. Republic (1830) 110/1 This artful warrior often..precipitantly fled, when he meant to return upon his enemy, and take advantage of any disorder he might incur in a too eager pursuit.
1887 C. King From the Ranks in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Dec. xiii. 833 He walked back to his bedroom door, glanced in there as though to see that there were no occupants, then carefully closed it as he returned to face his captain.
1921 E. Levison Eye Witness xiv. 187 Staggard..strode to the safe, closed it, and again turned the combination knobs. Then he returned to face Gillian.
2007 J. Roberts Shallow Roots xxi. 214 He turned to look out of the window before heaving an audible sigh and returned to face me with those lovely baby-blue eyes of his.
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