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Meanings of volte-face in English

Portuguese
conversão
Catalan
viratge

A major change in attitude or principle or point of view.

conversão
Usage of volte-face in English
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But Russia's betrayal is not sufficient to account for the Serbian volte-face.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
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It's in keeping with an apparent volte-face that began in 2019.
The Guardian
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The volte-face implies it is now bracing for a broader offensive.
Reuters
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All things considered, it was quite a volte-face from giving him the finger.
Bedlam
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But Mr Cameron and his advisers have set their faces against a volte-face.
The Guardian
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America made a volte-face and turned to the setting sun.
Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynast...
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The approach confounded him: had Lichfield undergone a volte-face?
Complete Books of Blood
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The latest dietary volte-face came this week from the World Health Organisation, and it concerned coffee.
The Irish Times
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A volte-face by the U.S. Federal Reserve on rate hikes helped drive stocks up this year.
Reuters
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It represents a political volte-face by the comedian.
The Guardian
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That's a welcome volte-face by the central bank.
Reuters
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That partly explains the volcanic reaction among colleagues to Martin's volte-face on the Eighth Amendment last week.
The Irish Times
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The volte-face will necessitate nimble investor footwork.
Reuters
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British Business Secretary Vince Cable said of the swift volte-face by politicians queuing up to condemn the Murdochs.
Reuters
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Here is an anomaly, a paradox; progress made in spite of its rejection; and, recently, a total volte-face.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
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Radiohead's volte-face from sensitive tunesmiths to austere electronic production outfit may have left many out in the cold.
The Irish Times
Translations for volte-face
Catalan
viratge
Volte-face through the time