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Synonyms of volte-face
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
- the novelist's unexpected volte-face from experimentalism to traditional narrative form
Synonyms for volte-face
- about-face,
- about-turn
- [British],
- flip-flop,
- reversal,
- turnabout,
- turnaround,
- U-turn
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The first known use of volte-face was in 1819
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