Face the other way and change the course of a fight (9)
I believe the answer is:
turnabout
'course of a fight' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'face the other way and change the' is the wordplay.
'face the other way' becomes 'abou' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'change' becomes 'turn' (turning is a kind of changing).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'abou' put after 'turn' is 'turnabou'.
'turnabou'+'t'='TURNABOUT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for turnabout that I've seen before include "That makes a change" , "change of heart" , "Total change of policy" , "complete change of policy" .)