volte face
noun, plural volte-face.
a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
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| —n , pl volte-face | |
| 1. | a reversal, as in opinion or policy |
| 2. | 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] | |
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