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and change

idiom
Meaning

And some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.


Examples
SIMPLE

The ticket costs twenty dollars and change.

CONTEXTUAL

I waited for forty minutes and change before the bus finally arrived at the station.

COMPLEX

The project required an investment of five thousand dollars and change, a figure that exceeded our initial budget by a small but significant margin.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    change collars

    To change or shift one's career path.

  2. 02

    change hands

    To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.

  3. 03

    change horses in midstream

    To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another inopportune time.

  4. 04

    change of clothes

    A set of clothes in addition to those already worn.

  5. 05

    change of heart

    A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.

  6. 06

    change of life

    Menopause.

  7. 07

    change of pace

    A shift from one activity to another

  8. 08

    change of scenery

    A movement from one location to another.

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