about turn
volte-face
fra. revirement (à 180 degrés)
eng. turnaround, u/about-turn(yak-bâre )az in ru be ân ru( šodan)
poštak-vâ-ru (zadan)
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fra. brusque volte-face : carxeš e yak-bâr/sar-e va nâgahâni
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Exxon funded global warming denial for years. Yesterday, in an astonishing U-turn, it called for the imposition of green taxes.
The boss of ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, has called for a carbon tax to tackle global warming, marking a volte-face by the firm once described by Greenpeace as Climate Criminal No 1.
(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oil-giant-comes-in-from-the-cold-1297558.html)