shift gears
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But Caroline is a do-it-yourself kind of millennial, so I’ve had to shift gears, and explain how and why a chore should be carried out, and then let Caroline do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Or if you’re doing well in your career but taking time to shift gears, then you can bet on your future self.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Novak and his team wanted to understand the metabolic factors that keep stem cells functioning normally and what changes when they must shift gears to heal a wound.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025
Because real live people, unlike pretrained bots, are able to craft, edit, adjust, and spontaneously shift gears in ways that these apps, however impressive, still just can’t.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024
In a panic, lest he shift gears and drive away, leaving her alone in the street, Corinthians climbed up on the fender and lay full out across the hood of the car.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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