right-face

right-face

English

Noun

right-face (plural right-faces)

1. Alternative form of right face
   • 2012, Kent Anderson, Night Dogs, Random House (→ISBN)

     He turned off the smile, did a right-face, and stepped away.

   • 1989, Annual Pictorial Magazine of the Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force Association

     On inspection, fourteen pilots on the Tientsin race course executed a right-face and stepped off in file.

   • 1997, Penn State Teacher Two

     If, for example, we do an about-face (A) followed by a right-face (R), we end up where we would be if we just did a left-face (L), ...

   • 2011, Len Levinson, The Rat Bastards Book 10: Kill Crazy, PREMIER DIGITAL PUBLISHING (→ISBN)

     His rifle was slung over his shoulder and he made a right-face at the corner, heading toward Shaw and Longtree.

   • 2010, Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico, My American Journey, Ballantine Books (→ISBN), page 70:

     ... Ronnie and I marched in smartly from a side entrance, came to a halt as we hit our mark, did a right-face, clicked our heels, and stood at attention as if we were in drill competition.