"face turn" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From professional wrestling, in which the wrestler playing a villain role is called the \"heel\" and a wrestler playing the heroic role is called the \"face\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "face turns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "heel turn"
        }
      ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Brian Solomon, Pro Wrestling FAQ",
          "text": "In order to retain viewers, both promotions did their best to load their respective shows with as much action and as many dramatic twists as possible, including pay-per-view quality matches, title changes, heal/face turns, and shocking debuts on a weekly basis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 November 12, Blake Oestriecher, “5 WWE Stars who Badly Need a Character Change”, in Forbes",
          "text": "Here are five superstars who would benefit tremendously from a character change, whether that be a heel/face turn or an entirely new gimmick.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 July 29, Corey Jacobs, “Bray Wyatt wrestled as a full-blown babyface on Saturday night”, in Wrestling News",
          "text": "WWE has been known to do heel/face turn experiments at live events.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation in which a wrestler previously identified as a villain changes to being considered a hero."
      ],
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        ],
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          "situation",
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        ],
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          "wrestler",
          "wrestler"
        ],
        [
          "identified",
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        ],
        [
          "villain",
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        ],
        [
          "changes",
          "change#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "hero",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(professional wrestling) A situation in which a wrestler previously identified as a villain changes to being considered a hero."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "about-face"
        },
        {
          "word": "turn the tables"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "heel/face turn"
        },
        {
          "word": "heel-face turn"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "professional-wrestling",
        "sports",
        "war",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "face turn"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From professional wrestling, in which the wrestler playing a villain role is called the \"heel\" and a wrestler playing the heroic role is called the \"face\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "face turns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "face turn (plural face turns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "about-face"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn the tables"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "heel turn"
        }
      ],
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Professional wrestling"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Brian Solomon, Pro Wrestling FAQ",
          "text": "In order to retain viewers, both promotions did their best to load their respective shows with as much action and as many dramatic twists as possible, including pay-per-view quality matches, title changes, heal/face turns, and shocking debuts on a weekly basis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 November 12, Blake Oestriecher, “5 WWE Stars who Badly Need a Character Change”, in Forbes",
          "text": "Here are five superstars who would benefit tremendously from a character change, whether that be a heel/face turn or an entirely new gimmick.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 July 29, Corey Jacobs, “Bray Wyatt wrestled as a full-blown babyface on Saturday night”, in Wrestling News",
          "text": "WWE has been known to do heel/face turn experiments at live events.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A situation in which a wrestler previously identified as a villain changes to being considered a hero."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "villain",
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        ],
        [
          "changes",
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        ],
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          "consider",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(professional wrestling) A situation in which a wrestler previously identified as a villain changes to being considered a hero."
      ],
      "topics": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "heel/face turn"
    },
    {
      "word": "heel-face turn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "face turn"
}