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Idiom

change of heart

Meaning

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

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I had a change of heart and decided to go.”

“She planned to quit her job, but a change of heart made her stay.”

“Despite his initial opposition to the proposal, the chairman experienced a sudden change of heart and voted in favor of the project.”

Examples

simple

“I had a change of heart and decided to go.”

contextual

“She planned to quit her job, but a change of heart made her stay.”

complex

“Despite his initial opposition to the proposal, the chairman experienced a sudden change of heart and voted in favor of the project.”

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