About-face
About-face verb - Turn, usually 180 degrees.
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Synonyms for About-face
Back and about-face are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Back" instead the phrase "About-face" as a verb or a noun.
Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
About-face and back are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "About-face" instead the word "Back" as a verb or a noun.
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- Whether hero or villain, whether their ability has inconvenient side or not, whether angsty over it or taking it in stride, before, during or after an about-face (or about-heel) and back, almost every one has an I Am What I Am moment at some time.
Source: I Am What I Am -
But after being physically threatened by Young-suk, he seems to make an about-face, suddenly becoming unsympathetic to Jin-hee when she sticks up for Young-guk and the others who came from the back car, and essentially serving as a right-hand man to Young-suk.
Source: Film / Train To Busan
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