change : Idioms & Phrases

• noun (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money
  

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• verb change to the contrary
  turn; reverse.
  
  • The trend was reversed
  • the tides turned against him
  • public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern

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• verb shift from one side of the ship to the other
  jib; gybe; jibe.
  
  • The sail jibbed wildly

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• verb assume a different shape or form
  change form; deform.
  

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• verb be transferred to another owner
  change hands.
  
  • This restaurant changed hands twice last year

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• verb change in physical make-up
  

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• verb increase or decrease in intensity
  

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• verb change in size or magnitude
  

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• noun an act that changes the light that something reflects
  

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• noun a change in the direction that you are moving
  

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• noun the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
  reorientation.
  

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• noun the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
  

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• noun the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
  climacteric; menopause.
  

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• the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age.

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• noun a movement through space that changes the location of something
  travel.
  

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• noun the act of changing the amount or size of something
  

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• noun a decision to reverse an earlier decision
  turnaround; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout.
  

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• noun an action that changes the shape of something
  

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• noun the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
  

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• verb make a shift in or exchange of; then we switched"
  shift; switch.
  
  • First Joe led
• verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
  convert.
  
  • We converted from 220 to 110 Volt

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• verb be transferred to another owner
  change hands.
  
  • This restaurant changed hands twice last year

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• verb undergo a change in bodily posture
  

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• noun ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing
  

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• the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above.

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• verb assume a different shape or form
  change form; deform.
  

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• verb undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
  turn.
  
  • We turned from Socialism to Capitalism
  • The people turned against the President when he stole the election

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• verb undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
  

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• verb alter the flavor of
  

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• (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc.

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• noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
  change-of-pace; off-speed pitch; change-of-pace ball.
  

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• noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
  change-of-pace; off-speed pitch; change-of-pace ball.
  

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• noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
  change-of-pace; off-speed pitch; change-of-pace ball.
  

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• noun (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
  chemical action; chemical process.
  

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• noun a trifling sum of money
  chump change; chickenfeed.
  

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• noun a change in the world's climate
  climate change.
  

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• adjective satellite marked by continuous change or effective action
  changing.
  

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• noun a change in the world's climate
  climate change.
  

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• noun replacing dirty oil with clean
  

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• noun a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
  phase transition; phase change; physical change.
  

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• noun a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
  phase transition; phase change; physical change.
  

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• noun replacing a pitcher in baseball
  

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• noun a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
  about-face; volte-face; reversal.
  
  • an about-face on foreign policy

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• adjective satellite adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes
  
  • a quick-change artist

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• noun a profound transformation
  

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• noun a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments)
  

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• noun surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex
  transsexual surgery.
  

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• verb cheat someone by not returning him enough money
  short.
  
• verb deprive of by deceit
  rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
  
  • He swindled me out of my inheritance
  • She defrauded the customers who trusted her
  • the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

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• noun a trifling sum of money
  chump change; chickenfeed.
  

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• noun a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
  phase transition; phase change; physical change.
  

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• noun a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes
  

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• (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left.

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• . See Change.

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• to change sides, or change owners. Hudibras.
• to change owners.

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• to become less confident or boastful. Colloq.

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• to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.

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• to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

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• . See under Change.

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