about face[noun]Synonyms: reversal, changeabout, reverse, reversement, reversion, right-about, right-about-face, turn, turnabout, volte-face
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aˌbout-ˈface (
also aˌbout-ˈturn British English)
noun [countable usually singular] a complete change in the way someone thinks or behaves
Synonym : U-turn:
The administration seems to have done a complete about-face on gun-control. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
about face n. A sudden change of course or a decision opposite to what was decided earlier.
Her decision to become an actress instead of a dentist was an about face from her original plans. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲