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[about face] {n.}

A sudden change of course or a decision opposite to what was decided earlier.

/Her decision to become an actress instead of a dentist was an about face from her original plans./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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