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about-face
noun as in complete change
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His warning to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and subsequent about-face is still considered a low point of his presidency.
Since 2008, the party has executed a huge about-face on issues of executive power and national security.
Asked to explain the about-face, Bush blamed the shifting political sands.
Yet such an about-face seems unlikely, at least according to one rank-and-file Brotherhood member.
But such an about-face by the stubborn government seems unlikely.
He turned on his heel in an automatically correct about-face and strode out of the office.
His complete about-face wasn't setting so well with Herr Stohl.
He had sternly informed her that she must about-face and do better.
Funny change of direction, from planning to go out to China and the East, about-face to planning to settle down and take root.
Heaven knows at that there was such a sudden pause and about-face as must have made even the stolen dog laugh had it been there.
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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to about-face, such as: policy change, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, u-turn, and change.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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