(British, military) A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation .
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Total reversal of opinion or attitude .
When Francis visited Chile in 2018, he dismissed the protesters and accused them of “calumny” in the full gaze of the world’s press. It caused the head of the Vatican’s own sex abuse commission to rebuke his boss publicly. Back in Rome, …
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(intransitive) To turn 180 degrees, typically in a military formation.
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