ring the changes

Idioms  

1. Keep varying how one performs an action or says something, as in She went on and on, ringing the changes on the joy of computers. This expression alludes to the art of change-ringing, where a series of church bells are rung in as many sequences, or changes, as possible. [Early 1600s]

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ring the changes

It is Gloucester's turn to ring the changes as the whole front-row is rotated.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024

Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters The vanquished Liverpool meanwhile ring the changes.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2016

France ring the changes: Francois Trinh-Duc replaces Jules Plisson, who has had a match to forget.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2016

Scotland may ring the changes for the friendly against Northern Ireland, with manager Gordon Strachan saying he wants to use everyone in his squad.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2015

This, however, is the extent of what you promise yourselves: you may ring the changes as you please, but the "refrain" of your song is, that Dublin shall "have its own again."

From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever

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