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right-about

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A few carbine and musket shots, from the knoll and house, soon brought them to a halt, and sent them to the right-about.

Them Rothenburg tumbles to the right-about, and chases;—finds, on advancing, the Austrian Army totally unaware.

So I call upon Boffin, before I say another word, to fetch him in and send him packing to the right-about.'

“I think we had better turn right-about, we shall never be able to get past him alive,” said the captain.

Bui also was flogged, but, admitting himself to be a coward, was set to the "right-about."

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to right-about, such as: angle, change, corner, curve, departure, and direction.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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