right-face

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Noun

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right-face (plural right-faces)

  1. Alternative form of right face
    • 2012, Kent Anderson, Night Dogs, Random House, →ISBN:
      He turned off the smile, did a right-face, and stepped away.
    • 1989, Annual Pictorial Magazine of the Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force Association:
      On inspection, fourteen pilots on the Tientsin race course executed a right-face and stepped off in file.
    • 1997, Penn State Teacher Two:
      If, for example, we do an about-face (A) followed by a right-face (R), we end up where we would be if we just did a left-face (L), ...
    • 2011, Len Levinson, The Rat Bastards Book 10: Kill Crazy, PREMIER DIGITAL PUBLISHING, →ISBN:
      His rifle was slung over his shoulder and he made a right-face at the corner, heading toward Shaw and Longtree.
    • 2010, Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico, My American Journey, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 70:
      ... Ronnie and I marched in smartly from a side entrance, came to a halt as we hit our mark, did a right-face, clicked our heels, and stood at attention as if we were in drill competition.
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