volte face

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volte face (plural volte faces)

  1. Alternative form of volte-face
    • 1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Psychoanalysis vs. Morality”, in Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 9:
      Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes.
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