Usually means: Complete reversal of opinion, position.
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  1. volte face: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. volte-face: Merriam-Webster
  3. volte-face: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. volte-face: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. volte-face, volte-face: Collins English Dictionary
  6. volte-face: Vocabulary.com
  7. volte-face: Wordnik
  8. volte-face: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. volte-face, volte face: Wiktionary
  10. volte-face: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. volte-face: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. volte-face: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. volte-face, volte face: Dictionary.com
  14. volte-face: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Volte-face: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. volte-face: Rhymezone
  17. volte-face: FreeDictionary.org
  18. volte-face: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. volte-face: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. volte face: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Volte face)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of volte-face [A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle.]

Similar:
about-face, reversal, policy change, about face, turnround, turn-around, turn coat, heel-face turn, turn-coat, right-face, more...

Opposite:
consistency, steadfastness, resoluteness

Adjectives:
around, turnover, u, cant, topsy-turvy, flip, boustrophedon, transverse, arse about, facing, double
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Similar:
about-face, reversal, policy change, about face, turnround, turn-around, turn coat, heel-face turn, turn-coat, right-face, more...

Opposite:
consistency, steadfastness, resoluteness

Adjectives:
around, turnover, u, cant, topsy-turvy, flip, boustrophedon, transverse, arse about, facing, double



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