Meanings
verbchange the subject (third-person singular simple present changes the subject, present participle changing the subject, simple past and past participle changed the subject)
present singular third person changes the subject · participle present changing the subject · participle past changed the subject · past changed the subject
- To talk about something else, especially to avoid issues that are too delicate or difficult.
Synonyms: change the channel
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo talk about something else, especially to avoid issues that are too delicate or difficult.
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Translations
French changer de sujet
- changer de sujettalk about something else
Italian cambiare argomento
- cambiare argomentotalk about something else
Polish zmieniać temat, zmienić temat
- zmieniać temattalk about something else
- zmienić temattalk about something else
Portuguese mudar de assunto
- mudar de assuntotalk about something else
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change the subject. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/change%20the%20subject
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“change the subject.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/change%20the%20subject. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “change the subject,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/change%20the%20subject.
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