ringing the changes

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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

With such a novel means of ringing the changes upon soldiers of the three nationalities it is not surprising that the canteen proprietor waxed rich within a very short time.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles

So He goes on ringing the changes back and forth on this in simple conversational style.

From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)