arse about face

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arse about face

adjective arse-about-face · arse about front · arse about tip · arse about tit

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not comparable, slang Placed or arranged the opposite way to the way it should be. No wonder it doesn't look right mate, you've got the whole thing arse about face.
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not comparable, slang Arranged in a confused or haphazard way; muddled. Use them to inpregnant^([sic]) a woman: muddle up past and future, in-breed across time-zones, turn the family tree into a tangled bush, roots and shoots all arse about face.

adverb arse-about-face · arse about front · arse about tip · arse about tit

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not comparable, slang In a manner that is opposite to or the reverse of the way it should be, backwards. We've been looking at it arse about face.
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not comparable, slang In a confused or haphazard manner. Meanwhile the Law, as usual, tumbles arse about face: the killings multiply; the cops are clueless and duly arrest the wrong man.

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@misc{arse_about_face_2026,
  title = {arse about face},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arse%20about%20face},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}