for a change

idiom

: as something different from what is usual

Let's eat out for a change.

Why don't you help me out for a change instead of me always helping you?!

Examples of for a change in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not to give anything away, but this is one movie where the payoff for that suggestion means Netflix won’t be able to cut off the end credits for a change. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025

But this preseason, the circumstances that so often befell a roster already too thin to begin with didn’t manifest themselves for a change. —Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Or let Katie explain, make amends, try telling the truth for a change. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

Levine and other college students around the country spent years advocating for a change to the policy, which eventually came when the Biden administration released a new policy in November 2024. —Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for for a change

• interchange
• rearrange
• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• exchange
• midrange
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange