for a change

1. For the sake of variety or novelty, as in Let's take a taxi for a change, or So you're on time for a change. This phrase is sometimes used in a straightforward way, as in the first example, or to express the same sentiment as about time, that is, “it's high time something different happened,” as in the second example. [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

The information-technology sector has brought up the rear for a change.

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When that happened, Ray asked again for a change.

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“Penny Lumley! I was so afraid we’d miss you! We suffered a broken wheel on the road from Witherslack, so we had to wait for a change of coach. But we made it just in time for a bit of dinner and your speech. Goodness, Penny, you gave me a workout! All those ferns! I couldn’t think how to say ‘spores’ in Hungarian, so I kept calling them ‘crumbs.’

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It seemed Lord Fredrick was spending the day at home for a change; he and Lady Constance had not left their private rooms since the arrival of the morning paper.

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Believing the system needed to change, he fought for a change in the law that means landlords cannot sign contracts with students before 1 March in the year the tenancy begins.

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