Right-about

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Right-about \Right"-a*bout`\, n. [Right, adv. + about, adv.]
     A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the
     opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as,
     to turn to the right-about.
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     {To send to the right-about}, to cause to turn toward the
        opposite point or quarter; -- hence, of troops, to cause
        to turn and retreat. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
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