change around
idiom
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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.
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The wind pattern will change around mid-week, f eaturing periods of westerly winds in the afternoon after the morning easterlies.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
All of that would change around the time of #GiveDivasAChance.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 12 July 2025
The Heat views him as a good player and does not want to trade him simply to change around the pieces.
—Miami Herald, 2 July 2025
The steeper the landscape at each part of the map, the more the electrons’ wave function will change around those values of the parameters.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
All of that would change around the time of #GiveDivasAChance.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 12 July 2025
The Heat views him as a good player and does not want to trade him simply to change around the pieces.
—Miami Herald, 2 July 2025
The steeper the landscape at each part of the map, the more the electrons’ wave function will change around those values of the parameters.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for change around
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“Change around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change%20around. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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