change the record

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Verb[edit]

change the record (third-person singular simple present changes the record, present participle changing the record, simple past and past participle changed the record)

  1. (imperative) To change the subject; to discuss something else.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The phrase implies that the current topic has been exhausted or made boring through repetition; compare broken record.

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