CHANGE THE SUBJECT Definition & Meaning

change the subject

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Idioms and Phrases

Deliberately talk about another topic, as in If someone asks you an embarrassing question, just change the subject . This term uses subject in the sense of “a topic of conversation,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

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I usually just downplay it and change the subject.

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But when this happens, I usually switch to talking about the weather, sports, or something like that, or try to change the subject, basically, because I’m not trying to have a full-blown argument with my Uber driver in L.A. traffic.

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Whenever he comes up, I change the subject.

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They’re trying to change the subject from fossil-fuel-driven climate change.

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Change the subject: How much environmental, economic and humanitarian violence are we willing to endure?

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