change up

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to select a higher gear when driving

noun

1. baseball an unexpectedly slow ball thrown in order to surprise the batter

Example Sentences

While he’ll change up individual jokes, “we’re trying not to change too much what people came to see — if we don’t fulfill their expectations, they’re liable to walk away disappointed.”

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How did you wanna change up your style or advance it this time around?

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The Department for Education has set aside £1bn to fund the change up to 2029.

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Change up the costumes and the weapons and it practically writes itself.

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Somehow that doesn’t take away from a wrap-up that promises nothing we want is too late to be worth fighting for, as long as you have the strength to get up from the mat, change up your old stances and embrace new ideas of what winning looks like.

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