make change
idiom
US
: to give someone the change required if he or she pays with or offers a larger amount of money
Can you make change for a twenty?
Examples of make change in a Sentence
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Going to Washington and fixing these issues at the source is the best way to make change, McCray said.
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Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
Coleman created and led the Tenants Council to make change.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
Specifically because there's a large movement across a lot of the bureaucracies in America of young progressive people getting in there and trying to make change.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2024
Someone that really can make change. SCOTT (voice over): For months Haley has largely held off from attacking Trump.
—ABC News, 21 Jan. 2024
Tight Lipped also wants to make change on a federal level.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
Each one of us, regardless of position or title, holds the power to make change.
—Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
What needs to happen in order to continue to make change?
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
So the kind of person that’s engaged in that fight and that struggle is just powerful and inspiring to anybody who’s working to make change anywhere where that doesn’t feel easy or inevitable.
—Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2023
Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
Coleman created and led the Tenants Council to make change.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
Specifically because there's a large movement across a lot of the bureaucracies in America of young progressive people getting in there and trying to make change.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2024
Someone that really can make change. SCOTT (voice over): For months Haley has largely held off from attacking Trump.
—ABC News, 21 Jan. 2024
Tight Lipped also wants to make change on a federal level.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
Each one of us, regardless of position or title, holds the power to make change.
—Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
What needs to happen in order to continue to make change?
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
So the kind of person that’s engaged in that fight and that struggle is just powerful and inspiring to anybody who’s working to make change anywhere where that doesn’t feel easy or inevitable.
—Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2023
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“Make change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20change. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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