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volte face

 [volt-fahs, vohlt-; Fr. vawltuh-fas]   Origin

volte-face

   [volt-fahs, vohlt-; Fr. vawltuh-fas]
noun, plural volte-face.
a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
Origin:
1810–20; < French < Italian voltafaccia, equivalent to volta turn (see volt2) + faccia face
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volte-face
a reversal of opinion, 1819, from Fr., from It. volta faccia, lit. "turn face," from volta, imper. of voltare "to turn" (from V.L. *volvita, from L. volvere "to roll;" see vulva) + faccia (see face).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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