| 单词 | right about face! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright (also left) about face! P2. to face about (also to face right about and variants): to turn the face in the opposite direction (also figurative). Hence (Military) as imperative: right (also left) about face! Cf. about-face v. 1; right-about face adv. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's mind [phrase] to pick (also peck) mooda1225 to turn, wend the luff?c1225 to sing another song or a different tune1390 to waive (one's) wit1390 to change one's minda1500 to change (turn, alter) one's copy1523 to turn (one's) tippet1546 to change one's note1560 to shift hands1611 to face about1645 to change (swap) horses in midstream (while crossing a stream)1864 to sing another tune1890 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles declinec1374 starta1450 revert?a1525 to fall away1535 to turn (one's) tippet1546 revolt1549 shrink1553 to turn one's coat1565 to come over1576 apostate1596 to change (one's) sides1596 defect1596 renegade1611 to change foot1618 to run over1643 to face about1645 apostatize1648 tergiverse1675 tergiversate1678 desert1689 apostasize1696 renegado1731 rat1810 to cross the floor1822 turncoat1892 to take (the) soup1907 turn1977 1645 Liberty of Consc. 28 In this Sir you have faced about, sure you are not As you were. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 217 He faces about therefore, and..for Scotland he goes. a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 51 He..made them face about, and march again into the Town. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. Authors Way sig. A8 His Spirit was so stout No Man could ever make him face about . View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 353 This elevated Machine..moved through..Cornhil: whence it faced about. 1787 Columbian Mag. 1 47 To the right about face! Forward march! Halt, and face to the Front! 1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells xxxvi. 1 Then facing right about, he saw the Page. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII xxviii. 125 The rest had faced unto the right About. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. App. iv. 558 These men had faced about to the front. 1874 H. James Let. 9 Jan. (1974) I. 424 I was on the point of sending it to Scribner, but your words in deprecation of this course made me face about. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 81 He saw the priest bend down and kiss the altar and then face about and bless all the people. 1996 S. W. Sears Chancellorsville xiv. 372 The troops best positioned to face about to meet this new crisis were Lafayette McLaw's three brigades. right about face! b. right about face!: a command to turn to the right through one hundred and eighty degrees, so as to face in the opposite direction. Cf. right-about-face v., right-about face adv. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > face specific direction face(s) to (also on) the right (or left)1613 right about face!1793 about-face1804 about-turn1893 1793 Rules & Regulations Formations His Majesty's Forces iii. 159 Right about face. Wheel into Echellon. 1807 Salmagundi 7 Mar. 53 ‘Right about face!’ cried the officer; the men obeyed. 1887 J. Rhoades Dux Redux i. 9 Some of you were in the Duke's body-guard till it was disbanded, and can obey orders. Right about face! Quick march! 1912 J. Galsworthy Eldest Son iii What price young Dunning! Right about face! 2007 D. McCaig Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men 52 The mental model for too many would-be dog trainers is the drill sergeant: ‘Right About Face! Left Should Harms!’ < as lemmas |
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