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volte-face
volte-face [ vàwlt fss, vàwltə fss ] (plural volte-faces)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. about-face: a sudden reversal in opinion or policy
2. position change: a change in position so as to be facing the opposite direction
[Early 19th century. Via French< Italian voltafaccia "turn of the face"]
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