change of heart
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change of heart (plural changes of heart)
- (idiomatic) A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.
- He quit work on Friday, but on Monday he had a change of heart and decided to come back.
- 1974, “Rikki Don't Lose That Number”, performed by Steely Dan:
- We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row / We could stay inside and play games, I don't know / And you could have a change of heart
- 2008, Drew Karpyshyn, “Epilogue”, in Mass Effect: Ascension[1], Del Rey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 341:
- "I thought you were loyal to the cause, Paul."
“I was,” Grayson answered. “Then I saw the kind of people who share your vision, and I had a change of heart.”
- 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69:
- The Keswick-Carlisle, Bury-Rawtenstall, Watford-Croxley Green and Haltwhistle-Alston services had run out of friends, but the hit-listed Oldham-Rochdale and Inverness-Kyle of Lochalsh lines would benefit from a change of heart.
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change of opinion
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