half-turn

[ haf-turn, hahf- ]

/ ˈhæfˌtɜrn, ˈhɑf- /

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noun

a 180-degree turn; a direct reversal of direction or orientation, as from front to back or left to right.

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How to use half-turn in a sentence

For the team of four horses ought not to move on the surface of the relief, but to appear as if it came out of it in a half-turn.
Troy and its Remains|Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann
But the old knight did but half turn round, and then spake peevishly: Tush, man!
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris
All you have got to do is, go down the first circular stairway you come to, and then make a half-turn.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15|Various
Under cover of this smoke the Germans changed course, and made a half-turn to the north.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott

Make a half turn and come back by the same road as far as the Chapelle (p. 84) Sainte-Fine cross roads.
Verdun Argonne-Metz 1914-1918|Anonymous

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