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Synonyms of volte-face
- 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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“Volte-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volte-face. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of volte-face was in 1819
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