rightabout
or right-a·bout
[rahyt-uh-bout]
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noun
adverb
facing or in the opposite direction: Move that chair rightabout.
Origin of rightabout
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Related Words for rightabout
direction, angle, trend, shift, curve, departure, spiral, twist, wind, reversal, swing, corner, spin, round, change, deviation, about-face, winding, bias, bendExamples from the Web for rightabout
Historical Examples of rightabout
Ah, but it is so, or else people would be sent to the rightabout at the second sentence.
ChanceJoseph Conrad
I sent him to the rightabout pretty quickly, I can tell you.
The Cruise of the ThetisHarry Collingwood
No sooner does a man feel his own life and strength swellin' up in him than rightabout he wants to kill things.
The Hills of DesireRichard Aumerle Maher
After this, the corporal touched his hat, swung round to the rightabout in military style, and left the cabin.
Snarley-yowFrederick Marryat
And before I could have thought it possible, he had turned the carriage to the rightabout and we were galloping south.
St. IvesRobert Louis Stevenson