- A set-back - About-turn - Endlessly revere little Sally; that’s an about-face - Setback - Turnaround - Intended to reverse; implying reversal. - The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an
opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the
reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens.
- Turn and turn about - In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in
alternate order. - By alternation; when, in a proportion, the
antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
- Again turn once about - Call for repeat - Once more - Once upset about repeat performance - Repeat performance - Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and
spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a
repetition of a particular part. - A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a
repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
- Turn - Turning on axis - The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its
axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round
another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth
on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a
revolution. - Any return or succesion in a series. - Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature
of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.
- Rotate - Span - Spin around - Turn - To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a
wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. - To move in a curved path round a center; as, the
planets revolve round the sun. - To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
- A short account of an interesting incident - amusing account - Amusing recollection - Humorous account - Humorous story - Humorous turn about one cadet - Interesting tale