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change round

British  

verb

  1. to place in or adopt a different or opposite position

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of changing to a different position

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“I keep my clothes in the car. My heels. I put on some lipstick, teach the lesson. Then it’s back in the car, quick change round the corner and I’m off.”

From BBC Oct. 15, 2024

—O Day, change round about our bliss, Come, restful night, when day is done!

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William

You'll find a big change round Rabbit Creek when you blow in there.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)

The wind's light northeast,—'twill take us right straight out, an' this time o' year it's liable to change round southwest an' fetch us home pretty, 'long late in the afternoon.

From The Country of the Pointed Firs by Jewett, Sarah Orne

The Basques are a picturesque and lovable people, and they have kept their characteristics and customs bright and shining through many centuries of change round about them.

From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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