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change round

British  

verb

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

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noun

  1. the act of changing to a different position

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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

I should hate to have to manage small, and change round, in boarding.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

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)

—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

But he's not the man to change round easily, or to take up with any one else.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.