change the subject

Idioms  

1. Deliberately talk about another topic, as in If someone asks you an embarrassing question, just change the subject. This term uses subject in the sense of “a topic of conversation,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

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Example Sentences

She talked about it, of course, because that’s what Shiffrin does, like she did about the sudden death of her father, Jeff, and this gets challenged, too—talking about mental health as a way to change the subject—which is absurd and more than a little mean.

From The Wall Street Journal

It seemed safer to change the subject.

From Literature

I ask, trying to change the subject.

From Literature

I change the subject, and somehow we make it through lunch.

From Literature

I ask, hoping to change the subject.

From Literature