volte-face

Speech parts

1. volte-face - Noun

2. volte-face - Phrase

Meaning

a major change in attitude or principle or point of view

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Alternative names

volte face

Synonyms

reversal about-face policy change u-turn change volta shift reverse swing pivot reversion swerve turnaround flip-flop turnabout

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Antonyms

remain continue maintain stay consistency continuation

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Hypernyms

change

Hyponyms

undoing

Examples

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

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