volte-face

volte-face

V0143600 (vôlt-fäs′, vôl′tə-)n. A reversal, as in policy; an about-face.

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[French, from Italian voltafaccia : volta (from voltare, to turn; see vault²) + faccia, face (from Vulgar Latin *facia; see face).]

volte-face

(ˈvɒltˈfɑːs) n, pl volte-face1. a reversal, as in opinion or policy2. a change of position so as to look, lie, etc, in the opposite direction[C19: from French, from Italian volta-faccia, from volta a turn + faccia face]

volte-face

(vɒltˈfɑs, voʊlt-; Fr. vɔlt^əˈfas)

n. a turnabout, esp. a reversal of opinion or policy. [1810–20; < French < Italian voltafaccia=volta turn (see volt²) + faccia face]

volte-face

A French term meaning turn face, used to mean a reversal of opinion or policy.

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volte-face - a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"policy change, about-face, reversalchange - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"undoing - an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

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