change around

idiom

variants or British change round

: to change the order or positions of the parts of (something)

When I got back everything in my office had been changed around.

I had to change the schedule round a little.

Examples of change around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But that started to change around 2015—well before the advent of OpenAI’s chatbot in late 2022 and the rush into generative AI that followed. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025

The leaves begin to change around late September to early October, depending on the year. —Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025

One that requires wide-scale behavioral change around consumption and disposal, in conjunction with wide-scale adoption of a new manufacturing mindset around design and production. —Han Hendriks, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

At this time, there could be a change around work — like polishing off a huge project or leaving one job for another. —Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for change around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground