volte

volte-face

A complete change of opinion or belief. The phrase comes from the Italian term voltafaccia. Everyone was surprised when the candidate made a complete volte-face on her stance on taxes.

a volte-face

(formal)

a sudden change of a belief or plan to the opposite of what it was before In the early 90's he made a complete political volte-face, moving from the Republican Party to the Democrats.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÓLafur	-	Icelandic
Ata (2)	-	Arabic
Pascual	pahs-KWAHL	Spanish
JÓZefina	-	Polish
Clements	['klemənts]
Kathleen	['kæθli:n]