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turn about

verb
  1. To reverse one's position; to turn round. (dated, intransitive)
  2. To change or reverse the position of. (transitive)
  3. To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about. (transitive)
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There, safe arrived, we turn about
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 14 · C1
“Miss Eliza Bennet, let me persuade you to follow my example, and take a turn about the room.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 61 · B2

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