shift gears

In part, England picked Smith for his ability to shift gears, dominate attacks and marshal the tail.

Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said that while bigger operations like Next and M&S were able to "switch focus" to establish digital channels and more laid-back ranges, "Ted Baker floundered as the company failed to shift gears".

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.

But Miller’s decision to shift gears ultimately proves to be his prequel’s greatest strength.”

Wagner said Garner had an uncanny ability to shift gears and go from real life to acting and back again.