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  • Brud reached the front of the crevice and did a quick right-face.

    Riverwind the Plainsman Thompson, Paul B. 1990

  • The main answer can be stated almost as simply as doing right-face.

    The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 United States. Dept. of Defense

  • Farrel stepped lithely down the long front to the geometrical center of the formation, made a right-face, walked six paces, executed an about-face, and announced complainingly:

    The Pride of Palomar 1918

  • But any inclination the court's conservatives may have to execute a sharp right-face will not be bolstered by the fact that the ACA mandate looks more like a regulation than a tax.

    Slate Articles Simon Lazarus 2012

  • But other choices - like having the Snoring Man Cliff Bemis on the train suddenly wake up and sing a few notes of "Snow," and having the General exit the barn with a flawlessly executed right-face - are smart and funny.

    NYT > Home Page By ANITA GATES 2011

  • Within seconds they were halted and given a right-face.

    VQR 2010

  • The sergeant barked out a command, and the middle squad on the right side of the post made a quick right-face, almost at the same moment moving off at double-time.

    VQR 2010

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  • Turn to look at a face. Opposite of about-face

    June 19, 2014

  • A right face is a ninety degree turn to the right of the face and body. In military drill this maneuver is accomplished by prescribed crisp heel and toe movements.

    June 19, 2014