volte face

See also: volte-face

English

Noun

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.