volte face
21volte-face — If you do a volte face on something, you make a sudden and complete change in your stance or position over an issue. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
22Volte / Face — Face / Off Film policier de John Woo, avec John Travolta (Sean Archer), Nicolas Cage (Castor Troy), Alessandro Nivola (Pollux Troy), Joan Allen (Eve Archer). Scénario: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary Photographie: Olivier Wood Décor: Neil… …
23volte-face — noun Etymology: French, from Italian voltafaccia, from voltare to turn + faccia face, from Vulgar Latin *facia more at volt, face Date: 1819 a reversal in policy ; about face …
24volte face — noun A dramatic change in mood or tone, commonly in poetry. Shakespeare often used volte faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets …
25volte face — Synonyms and related words: about face, about turn, afterthoughts, alchemy, assimilation, assumption, back track, back trail, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backup, becoming, better thoughts, change, change of mind, change over,… …
26volte face — about face, act of turning to face the opposite direction from the original position (Military); complete change in position or attitude; sudden reversal in opinion or policy …
27volte-face — [vɒlt fas, fα:s] noun 1》 an act of turning round so as to face in the opposite direction. 2》 an abrupt and complete reversal of opinion or position. Origin C19: from Fr., from Ital. voltafaccia, based on L. volvere to roll + facies appearance,… …
28volte-face — noun a reversal of policy, attitude or principle Syn: about face, U turn …
29volte-face — (vohlt FAHSS) [French, from Italian] An about face; a turnabout; a complete change of attitude, opinion, or policy …
30volte-face — [[t]vɒltˈfɑs, voʊlt [/t]] fr. [[t]vɔltəˈfas[/t]] n. fot a turnabout, esp. a reversal of opinion or policy • Etymology: 1810–20; < F < It voltafaccia=volta turn (see volt II) +faccia face …
