ringing the changes
Example Sentences
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In total there were 22 bowling switches, Cummins ringing the changes more than any other captain at this World Cup.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023
Chelis is supposedly ringing the changes from an already transformed Chivas side that had the local Columbus announcers confessing to not knowing who "half these guys" were during last week's game.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013
Weller is ringing the changes at Argos, which last had a makeover at the millennium.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
Meanwhile Jill had got downstairs, and had hidden himself in the parlour, so that Peter had an opportunity of ringing the changes on this trick in several ways.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon
The volatile spirit of the Creoles fairly surpassed itself in ringing the changes on stirring rumors.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Thompson, Maurice
