1. volte-face - Noun
2. volte-face - Phrase
a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
Source: WordNetvolte face
an about-face on foreign policy Source: Internet
After ending his romance with the MDC Alliance in March following a Supreme Court order declaring Chamisa an illegitimate leader, Komichi made a volte-face and claimed that youthful leader did not win the controversial presidential poll. Source: Internet
But later, they made a volte-face admitting through the Army spokesperson Colonel Sani Usman that there was an attack but that the details reported in the media were inaccurate. Source: Internet
His volte-face seems complete - there are giggles from the girls, awkward squirming from the boys in the audience as he describes his circumcision. Source: Internet
The latest private-sector view is a bit less pessimistic than the International Monetary Fund’s latest forecast for a 3.0% contraction this year, but is a volte-face from 3.3% growth predicted at the start of the year before the global outbreak. Source: Internet