volte face's Usage Examples:

Earlier attempts to appeal his sentence had failed and the official volte face has been attributed by some to the influence of Medvedev, who according.

Gaius Marius and the populares, a move considered to be a surprising volte face by contemporaries: Cicero, for instance, remarks that "the popular breeze.

intoxication, "so requiring the prosecution to engage in an unfamiliar volte face.

"avoid-defeat-at-all-costs" attitude had left a deep-seated scar which only a complete volte face would heal.

Soon, however, the government did a volte face and decided to blame the Left for the destruction of the library instead.

Synonyms:

phiz, man, seventh cranial nerve, mentum, human face, supercilium, nose, forehead, facial vein, visage, cheek, jowl, lineament, eyebrow, whiskers, facial, countenance, smiler, external body part, human being, optic, mouth, chin, jaw, nervus facialis, kisser, homo, brow, facial muscle, human, eye, caput, facial nerve, vena facialis, feature, face fungus, olfactory organ, mug, physiognomy, head, beard, oculus,

Antonyms:

natural depression, follow, tail, reverse, foot,