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Definition of for a change

: 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?!

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  1. : to make different in some particular : alter

  2. : to make radically different : transform

  3. : to give a different position, course, or direction to

  1. : the act, process, or result of changing: such as

  2. : alteration

  3. : transformation

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