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单词 to change front
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to change (one's) front
a. to change (one's) front: (Military) to alter the direction in which troops face or march; see front n. 5d.
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1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Art of War v. iv, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 491 If you would change your front..[It. Se voi gli volete fare voltare], you must not say turn, but face about to the right or the left, to the front or the rear.
1774 J. Cuninghame Strictures Mil. Discipline 34 The..various ways of changing front, firing at marks, and presenting their arms in the best manner for doing execution.
1781 J. Williamson Elem. Mil. Arrangem. iv. 51 The battalion begins firing by platoons or divisions, when it has changed front either to the right or to the left.
1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 55 A Line is ordered to ‘Change Front’ on a flank.
1871 Daily News 22 Sept. We had changed front left back to meet his flank attack.
1932 Times 24 Oct. 11/2 The C.I.V. Infantry..distinguished themselves..by changing front quarter right under a hot fire.
2015 E. J. Hess Civil War Infantry Tactics vii. 126 Blackman again changed front to the rear when once more threatened in that direction.
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