About-face - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|əˌbaʊt ˈfeɪs|
Brit.
|əˌbaʊt ˈfeɪs|
noun
- act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view (syn: reversal, volte-face)
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view (syn: reversal, volte-face)
an about-face on foreign policy
verb
- turn, usually 180 degrees
- change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
- change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
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The administration seems to have done a complete about-face on gun-control.
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