Meanings
verbchange one's story (third-person singular simple present changes one's story, present participle changing one's story, simple past and past participle changed one's story)
present singular third person changes one's story · participle present changing one's story · participle past changed one's story · past changed one's story
- idiomaticTo give an account of events different from the one previously recounted.
She seemed untrustworthy because she had changed her story so many times.
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