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shift one's ground

Fig. to change one's opinions or arguments, often without being challenged or opposed. At first Jack and I were on opposite sides, but he suddenly shifted ground and started agreeing with me. Jim has very fixed views. You won't find him shifting his ground.

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The strike, unlike the Nigeria Labour Congress', does not have direct impact on the Nigerian economy, who knows why the federal government is not willing to shift ground on the contentious 40% as against 109% salary increment in cognizance of the global meltdown and financial crisis. ASUU'S STRIKE A JOURNEY OF NO RETURN by OBODO PASCHAL EKENZE / Automotive community The rise of science as the authority on matters relating to the universe has therefore compelled philosophy to shift grounds elsewhere. The Philosophy of the Cosmos the New Philosophical View of the ... by Opeyemi Adeyemi / Philosophy and religion community The 11-4 vote would be enough to beat a threatened mayoral veto, and forced Hahn to shift ground and look for a compromise that would mean cuts elsewhere in the budget to pay for 320 extra cops and to reorganize the LAPD. HAHN'S PLAN FOR MORE COPS VOTED DOWN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			share share and share alike share pain share sorrow sharp sharp as a razor sharp as a tack sharp tongue sharp wit shave she She'll be apples shebang shed shed crocodile tears shed light on sheep sheet shelf shell shell out shellacking shift shift for oneself shift gears shift ground shine shine up to ship ship off to shipping and handling ships that pass in the night shirk duty shirt shit shit a brick shit happens Shit or get off the can! shithouse shitless shiver shock shoe shoe is on the other foot shook shook up shoot shoot a place up shoot bolt shoot cookies shoot daggers at			Shift Change Briefing Shift Clock Pulse Shift Communication Manager Shift Control Solenoid Valve shift differential Shift Direction Shift dress Shift dress Shift dress Shift dress shift dresses shift dresses shift dresses shift dresses Shift Engineer Shift Finger Center Rail Shift Finger Center Rail Indicator Shift Finger Engagement Indicator Shift Finger Gear Shift Finger Gear Actuator Shift Finger Neutral Indicator Shift Finger Rail Shift Finger Rail Actuator shift for shift for shift for shift for shift for oneself shift from its place shift gears shift ground Shift Handover Routines Shift in Shift in shift in topic Shift Into Turbo Shift Invariant Wavelet Packet Decomposition Shift Japanese Industrial Standard shift joint shift key shift key shift key shift key shift keys shift keys shift keys shift keys Shift Leader Shift Leader in Matters of Safety Shift Left and Count Accumulator Shift Left Double Logical shift left logical shift left logical Shift Left Logical Variable Shift Logical Left Shift Logical Right Shift Manager Training Program shift of butts Shift on the fly Shift Operations Management System Shift operator

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