right face

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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.)

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