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Synonyms for about-faced
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : noun uh-bout-feys, uh-bout-feys; verb uh-bout-feys |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun əˈbaʊtˌfeɪs, əˈbaʊtˈfeɪs; verb əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for about-faced Other synonyms for the word about-faced
- about-face
- aim
- alternate
- back
- back up
- backpedal
- backslide
- backtrack
- blow hot and cold
- bottom out
- budge
- call off
- capsize
- change
- change gears
- change position
- come back
- cook
- curve
- decline
- depart
- deteriorate
- detour
- detract
- dial back
- digress
- direct
- dislocate
- displace
- disturb
- diverge
- do up
- double back
- evaginate
- evert
- exchange
- face about
- fall off the wagon
- fault
- flip-flop
- go back
- go backwards
- hem and haw
- incline
- interchange
- inverse
- invert
- lapse
- loop
- move around
- move backwards
- move over
- pivot
- rearrange
- recalibrate
- rechannel
- recoil
- recrudesce
- recur
- redirect
- regress
- relapse
- relocate
- remove
- replace
- reposition
- resume
- rethink
- retrace
- retract
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- reverse
- revert
- sheer
- shift
- ship
- shuffle
- shunt
- shy away
- sidetrack
- slip
- stir
- substitute
- subvert
- swap places
- sway
- swerve
- swing
- swirl
- switch
- switch over
- tack
- take up where left off
- throw back
- transfer
- transform
- transmogrify
- transplace
- transpose
- turn
- turn around
- turn back
- turn over
- turn the corner
- turn the tables
- twist
- upend
- upset
- vacillate
- vary
- veer
- volte-face
- waffle
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- withdraw
- yo-yo
- zigzag
Définition of about-faced
- As in reverse : verb turn upside down or backwards
- As in revert : verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
- As in shift : verb switch, fluctuate
- As in turn : verb reverse; change course
- As in backpedal : verb backtrack
- As in backtrack : verb backpedal
- So Eurypelma about-faced like a flash, and Pepsis was foiled in her strategy.
- Extract from : « Children's Literature » by Charles Madison Curry
- They shouldered their rifles, about-faced, and marched away.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
- We then about-faced and retraced our steps for some distance.
- Extract from : « In The Ranks » by R. E. McBride
- Immediately they about-faced and stood united against the offender.
- Extract from : « Cheerful--By Request » by Edna Ferber
- Colonel Faison said, “Major Graham, take those three companies on the left we had about-faced down and form on railroad.”
- Extract from : « The Southern Soldier Boy » by James Carson Elliott
- First the column moved a mile or two in one direction, about-faced and returned over the same road.
- Extract from : « Company G » by A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow
Antonyms for about-faced
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