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ABOUT-FACE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Yet, in what appears to be another about-face, he writes elsewhere that the paintings are not ' concerned exclusively or even predominantly with potency ' (p. 166).
There are several reasons for the government's apparent about-face, all of which have enhanced the leverage of consumer activists and their allies within the policy-making sphere.
I am sure that the public will judge that outrageous and unprincipled about-face for themselves.
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There is no clearer evidence of that than the complete about-face demonstrated in its so-called reasoned amendment.
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Does she accept that she has done a complete about-face in accepting that added value and not crude league tables is the way forward?
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This was an about-face from an incomprehensible passivity towards vandalism, arson and the plunder of government buildings to brutal physical violence against unarmed citizens, resulting in three suspicious deaths.
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Now we have this about-face.
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Long narrow lines of marching soldiers were unable to easily stop and about-face.
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It is remembered for the ideological controversy caused by the apparent ideological about-face of the president, who had previously been critical of oil policy.
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Other areas where defects may be enhanced are at the wafer edge, where the water has to do an about-face (reverse motion).
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Quizzed on the apparent about-face, officials said the latest proposal is current policy.
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He goes on to say that he will forgive the misunderstanding if she is willing to do an about-face on the article.
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