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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn-about: Wordnik
  2. turn-about, turn about: Wiktionary
  3. turn about: Dictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. turn about: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (turn about)

verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To revolve.
verb:  (dated, intransitive) To reverse one's position; to turn round.
verb:  (obsolete, reflexive) To turn (oneself) around.
verb:  (transitive) To change or reverse the position of.
verb:  (transitive) To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about.
adverb:  Synonym of turn and turn about
noun:  (rare) Alternative spelling of turnabout [The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.]

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