VOLTE-FACE


Meaning of VOLTE-FACE in English

(~s)

If you say that someone’s behaviour is a ~, 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 ~.

= about-face

N-COUNT: usu sing

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