VOLTE-FACE


Meaning of VOLTE-FACE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɒlt fɑ:s ]

( volte-faces)

If you say that someone’s behaviour is a volte-face , you mean that they have changed their opinion or decision completely, so that it is the opposite of what it was before. ( FORMAL )

The day’s events were a remarkable volte-face.

= about-face

N-COUNT : usu sing

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