change the subject
idiom
: to start a new topic of conversation
I didn't want to talk about work, so I changed the subject.
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The next 20 minutes will be spent trying to change the subject, an act that will inevitably lead to other hidden land mines ... such as vegetables.
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
As this would clearly seem to spell trouble for the incumbent party, Harris has largely tried to change the subject, such as by parading around with Liz Cheney in an effort to drum up support from highly-engaged, news-attentive Republican voters repelled by Trump.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Ariana Grande Wants Nothing Wicked, Cast Has Other Ideas
Yang tries to change the subject by asking Grande how her weekend was.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
Israel’s enemies, including those on college campuses, like to say that this didn’t start on October 7 — a transparent effort to change the subject and downplay the atrocities committed by Hamas on that day.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Oct. 2024
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
As this would clearly seem to spell trouble for the incumbent party, Harris has largely tried to change the subject, such as by parading around with Liz Cheney in an effort to drum up support from highly-engaged, news-attentive Republican voters repelled by Trump.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Ariana Grande Wants Nothing Wicked, Cast Has Other Ideas
Yang tries to change the subject by asking Grande how her weekend was.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
Israel’s enemies, including those on college campuses, like to say that this didn’t start on October 7 — a transparent effort to change the subject and downplay the atrocities committed by Hamas on that day.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Change the subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change%20the%20subject. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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