right face

English

Alternative forms

• right-face

Noun

right face (plural right faces)

1. (especially military) The act of a person turning to the right.
   • 2013, Joe C. Noriega, ARIZONA RANGERS, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 162:

     The sergeant made a right face and stepped off and stood next to the sergeant major.

   • 2017, Wayne Zurl, Murder in Knoxville: A Sam Jenkins Mystery, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 96:

     After taking a sip, he did a right face and stepped over to an unoccupied table.

   • 2013, Jim Ross, Outside the Wire: Riding with the "Triple Deuce" in Vietnam, 1970, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 94:

     After a few minutes, we executed a right face and churned a new path directly toward the woods.

   • 2000, Vincent Caristi, John DiFusco, Tracers: A Play, Dramatists Play Service Inc, →ISBN, page 23:

     (He comes to attention, salutes, does a right face, and exits.)

Translations

military: act of turning right

• Finnish: oikea käännös, käännös oikeaan; (as command) käännös oikeaan - päin!
• Tagalog: harap sa kanan