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change tack

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change tack

to start using a different method for dealing with a situation, especially in the way that you communicate. I've been very pleasant with them so far but if they don't cooperate, I may have to change tack. Instead of always asking him what he wants, why don't you try a different tack and tell him what you want?

See also: change, tack

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But as Bush demonstrated in his recent speech to the United Nations, he is quite willing to change tack and embrace a more nuanced approach to the national threat. Gilding the Gipper by Salam, Reihan / Washington Monthly And if the brokers change tack and issue a downgrade or two, there could be still more selling pressure. Schaeffer's Midday Options Update Features Apache by Business Wire Shortly after declaring that Congress "never arrived at any consensus about which sins should destroy careers and which should not," the Tolchins change tack and tell us that, in fact, Congress has been "aided and abetted by the media in distinguishing which peccadilloes disgrace the institution and which can languish under wraps. GLASS HOUSES: Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom by Confessore, Nicholas / Washington Monthly More results

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But as Bush demonstrated in his recent speech to the United Nations, he is quite willing to change tack and embrace a more nuanced approach to the national threat.

Gilding the Gipper by Salam, Reihan / Washington Monthly

And if the brokers change tack and issue a downgrade or two, there could be still more selling pressure.

Schaeffer's Midday Options Update Features Apache by Business Wire

Shortly after declaring that Congress "never arrived at any consensus about which sins should destroy careers and which should not," the Tolchins change tack and tell us that, in fact, Congress has been "aided and abetted by the media in distinguishing which peccadilloes disgrace the institution and which can languish under wraps.

GLASS HOUSES: Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom by Confessore, Nicholas / Washington Monthly

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