| 单词 | to right about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto right about 15. intransitive. Military. to right about: to perform a turn to the right through a hundred and eighty degrees. Also figurative. Now chiefly superseded by right-about-face v. Cf. right about n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > in the direction that [phrase] > turn to face opposite direction to the right about1635 to right about1778 right-about face1832 1778 R. B. Sheridan Camp ii. iii I wish I was ordered to right about. 1781 T. L. O'Beirne Generous Impostor v. i. 83 Then right about, Master Trimbush, make love to your conscience; marry your conscience. 1833 W. Brockedon Jrnls. Excursions in Alps xiii. 218 My able conductor was obliged to right about, through Caluso, and take the true route to Ivrea. 1863 F. W. Mix Let. in W.S. Rosecrans Rep. Battle Murfreesboro', Tenn. 545 I ordered them to right about which they did handsomely, not a man flinching or wavering in the least. 1907 J. H. Alexander Mosby's Men xiv. 160 When Glascock ordered D to charge, A righted about in their tracks and rushed out on the road, tail end first. 1936 J. Cary African Witch xxxiii. 440 The serpent saluted and right-about-ed.] < as lemmas |
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