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about-face

about-face
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
    "an about-face on foreign policy"

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    about-face
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation

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      to about-face
      Werkwoord
        • turn, usually 180 degrees

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        to about-face
        Werkwoord
        • omgaan
        • change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint

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        Werkwoord

        about-face
        een vervoeging van face

        Voorbeeldzinnen

        1. About, face!
        2. We should discuss about it face to face with the director.
        3. A person's face tells a great deal about his character.
        4. In about 20 minutes she made up her face.
        5. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face.
        6. Whatever you say about me, say it to my face, not behind my back.
        7. I can't believe Tom lied to my face about what happened.
        8. I'd stop worrying about it and take some action. The anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face.
        9. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years; block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
        10. photographs, that shall only be used to confirm the identity of a person who has been located as a result of an alphanumeric search made in SIS II, are compliant with the following requirements: full frontal face pictures aspect rate shall be, as far as possible, 3:4 or 4:5. When available, a resolution of at least 480 × 600 pixels with 24 bits of colour depth shall be used. If the image has to be acquired through a scanner, the image size shall be, as far as possible, less than about 200 Kbytes.
        11. Since then, the agency appears to have taken an about face in stating that the conclusions of the creditwatch status follows an analysis of the company ' s liquidity position through the end of 2003 and a review of the French state ' s potential involvement in the French telecommunications market ’ (p. 19); ‘France Télécom benefited from the market's increased confidence that the French government will in one way or another support the credit’ (p. 20); ‘we cannot ignore the fact that FT is majority owned by the French State and recent comments from the French finance Ministry have reassured investor that liquidity will be provided’ (page 54) ‘However, as we have consistently mentioned, we expect that the company will ultimately find all the liquidity it needs via the so-called “implicit government support”.