about-face

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: about face, aboutface, about-faced, about-faces

Antonyms: about face, aboutface, about-faced, about-faces

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|military}} An [[abrupt]] [[turn]] to face the [[opposite]] [[direction]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[reversal]] in [[direction]]; a reversal of [[attitude]] or [[opinion]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[turn]] 180 [[degrees]] to [[face]] the [[opposite]] [[direction]].
2. To [[change]] [[opinion]] or [[attitude]] [[drastically]].

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.