About-face

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  about-face
       n 1: act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military
            formation [syn: {about turn}]
       2: a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an
          about-face on foreign policy" [syn: {volte-face}, {reversal},
           {policy change}]


       v 1: turn, usually 180 degrees
       2: change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint