ABOUT-FACED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

about-faced

verb

past tense of about-face

as in reverted

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as in pivoted

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straightened

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Verb

The prices later reverted after public polling continued to show Paxton leading, the report also found.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
That project was scrapped in February 2025 due to creative differences and the rights have since reverted back to Maas.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of reverted

Verb

The Administration’s legal filings had already pivoted from quoting historical accounts of White House modernization to arguing that the President’s life was at stake.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Plenty of other coaches have pivoted from high school recruits to transfers.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of pivoted

Verb

Clancy’s father, seated in the second row directly behind his daughter, leaned forward and bowed his head.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Related Stories While onstage before his new film bowed on the first night of the serene Colorado festival, Haigh seemed faintly astonished to be there at all.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of bowed

Verb

This was partly inspired by the club’s latest investigations into apparent ‘ticket-touting’, when 1,149 fan accounts were banned, and more were threatened with having their season tickets revoked.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
If so, their pensions benefits could be reduced or even revoked.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of revoked

Verb

With German rider Richard Vogel, the Westphalian bay swept the first two show jumping majors of the season, at The Dutch Masters and Aachen, Germany.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The wealthy city’s economy was also battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of swept

Verb

If the review yields conclusive evidence that the original call was wrong, it gets overturned — and the coach retains the ability to challenge a second play later in the game.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The tanker overturned and began leaking fuel onto the freeway.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of overturned

Verb

Rocchio rounded first base, reached second and raced toward left field, his teammates chasing after him like a swarm of honeybees following their queen.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) rounded out the top three.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

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