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View definitions for volte face

volte face

noun as in position change

noun as in position change

verb as in turn around

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Example Sentences

It leaves out only the actual reason for her abrupt, 11th-hour volte-face.

They turned tail with screams and fled to a distance, more than one falling in the sudden volte-face.

She destroyed whatever chance there was of a sudden volte-face on its part—and oh, the glorious uncertainty of this class of cat!

And for all their talk of freedom, Lennan could see the volte-face his friends would be making, if they only knew.

The Commune in Paris caused a complete volte face of the liberal bourgeoisie in Denmark, as elsewhere.

Bulgaria's present volte-face is no chance product of panic, but a logical step in her national policy.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to volte-face, such as: about-face, change of heart, contraposition, tergiversation, turnabout, and u-turn.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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