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for a change
Idioms and Phrases
For the sake of variety or novelty, as in Let's take a taxi for a change , or So you're on time for a change . This phrase is sometimes used in a straightforward way, as in the first example, or to express the same sentiment as about time , that is, “it's high time something different happened,” as in the second example. [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
People are ready for a change, and I think that with enough pressure, when you threaten their power, that's when they change things.
Alex is now calling for a change in the law and for all dog owners to insure their animals.
The Hygiene Bank has started a petition calling for a change in tax around this.
Ms Holland's mother, Sharon, said the sentence was not long enough and started campaigning for a change in domestic abuse laws so that "monsters are held accountable for destroying a young girl's life".
"So I'm not complaining. For a change."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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