about-face

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about-face - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  about-face
      n 1: act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military
           formation [syn: about-face, about turn]
      2: a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an
         about-face on foreign policy" [syn: about-face, volte-   face
         , reversal, policy change]
      v 1: turn, usually 180 degrees
      2: change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint